Quotes About Independence

If an extra-terrestrial wiped out humanity bar eight survivors, would you expect the eight to swear vengeance against the monster? According to the Bible, the eight – Noah's family – actually worshiped the ET as God! Independence Day: Independence from God! When will humanity be free?

All my life I'd wanted to be special, and for a while I was, sharing David's spirit. Now I'd have to find a way to be special in my own right.

I didn't want to be responsible for Alisa; I had a hard enough time being responsible for myself.

La peor consecuencia de la vejez es que los demás invaden tu intimidad. Ya nadie respeta las manías, las costumbres, tu forma particular de hacer las cosas, desde la higiene a la organización del día. Alguien, con la intención de ayudar, se ocupa de ti. Pero ocuparse de ti es ocupar tu territorio íntimo. La independencia perdida de mi padre le transformó en un señor malhumorado. La incapacidad para valerse solo le enfrentó con los demás.

La huida de los cuatro enanitos rijosos tras abandonar a Blancanieves por pesada y estrecha era nuestra versión del cuento infantil.

We do not need international help to stop corruption, we need strong Louisiana Leadership.

morning, they were forced to lift her up and carry her there. Myrtle refused to walk even though it

With no mum or brothers or sisters, Alfie had to care for his father alone. Besides having to go to school and do his homework, the boy would do all the shopping, all the cleaning, cook all the meals, and do all the washing up. Alfie never complained though. He loved his dad with all his heart.

a bad bitch couldn't be judged by the amount of friends and followers she had; but by the level and the magnitude of her enemies.

This was a man's man. One who could lead, control, rebel and oppose. He was the type of man that an African woman needed in situations like the ones they were in. He didn't care what the consequences were, if he felt it; he just did it. Just made it happen without further regards to the side effects.

grown women don't make mistakes; they make decisions!

Therefore, at any time of life, follow your own questions; don't mistake other people's questions for your own.

Jane Austen never did marry. Why doesthat statement call for such reflexive pity? It carries a diferent meaning if we follow it up: Jane Austen never did marry, and therefore she was given the time and perspective to produce books as well-written as those by anyone who ever lived." -David Whyte

Read and admire, but then go back to first principles and ask the question yourself, in your own way. Dare to disagree.

We each have a particular way of shaping ourselves in the world. To take on someone else's conversational style and to keep repeating other people's questions as if they were our own is to exhaust ourselves. It doesn't matter if it is the thoughts of Socrates or Susan Sontag. Read and admire, but then go back to first principles and ask the question yourself, in your own way. Dare to disagree.

Hiding leaves life to itself, to become more of itself. Hiding is the radical independence necessary for our emergence into the light of a proper human future.

The thing about not having parents is you don't have anyone to tell you you're heading down a path paved with grossly inaccurate expectations of what the world owes you.

Just go. When you're on your deathbed you're gonna wish you could get back all the time you spent waiting on other people.

Do the bees know they make the honey for you? Or do they work tirelessly because they think it is their own choice?

College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to go to a strange town and get drunk every night?

Know your right, then go ahead.

You may all go to he'll and I will go to Texas.

You may all go to hell, and I'll go to Texas.

Be whoever you want to be. Party all night if you want. Just come home to me.