Quotes About Independence

It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either.

When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.

Because I am an African I reserve the right to say that Africa does not exist simply to make people in this country [the UK], or anywhere else in the developed world, feel good about themselves.

And yet women-good women--frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep.

Nobody can tell you how to be a good wife or husband.

When someone is good, but it doesn't seem like their world will collapse if they don't get the part, it's more appealing. It's like dating someone: You don't want someone who's too into you.

I dress for myself because when I feel good, it doesn't matter what other people say. I think it's all about confidence and the way you carry yourself that draws people to you.

I only have control over one person and that's myself. And I feel good about it.

Good people need room to develop. They have to find their own voice . . . each IBMer is a businessperson working within the framework of the company structure.

I'm hesitant to judge people. My favorite saying is "you do you." But, hopefully, you don't have to seek external validation from others to feel good about yourself.

You need to feel good about yourself, the motivation has to come from within. You have nobody to fall back on except yourself.

The good thing about being in someone else's apartment is it's so much easier to leave than it is to get someone out.

My best friend is me, and I take good care of me.

The good news about me is that my friends and social network is entirely independent of politics.

I'm trying to create a relationship with myself. I feel good being married to myself right now!

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

Good morning, doctors. I have taken the liberty of removing Windows 95 from my hard drive.

I think that's the answer to a good marriage. Everyone has their own room.

To die alone, on rock under sun at the brink of the unknown, like a wolf, like a great bird, seems to me very good fortune indeed.

Dogs make sense. They understand hierarchy and the need to cooperate. They come when you call them. A cat though—a cat will take your number and get back to you. Maybe. If he's in a good mood.

Buddhism suggests there are no elect. Everything rests upon your own self-effort, which is the good news because that means you don't have to wait around for some nebulous God to help you.

I don't like to be told what to do at all. That's unfortunate because a lot of people come up with good ideas and can direct you.

Fear has never helped anybody make good choices. It leads to clinging when we should be walking.

But the good news was that my elder sister refused to get married straight away and I couldn't get married until she did so I had the licence to go off and dream