Quotes About Independence

Don't leave your teen with the choice between obediently toeing the line or acting like a lunatic to exert some level of control over life.

If you want to help someone in a bad situation, you need to give them the opportunity to work their way out of it.

Lovers are not snails; they don't have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self.

Hildie caught a glimpse of herself in the water-spotted mirror, pulled her long black shirt down over her leggings. She trusted her body. It was strong and generous and marked by joy. Occasionally, she'd feel eyes on her, a man on the SkyTrain, judging her. But whatever he felt was his business. Also, she could manifest a spear from thin air, so men's opinions weren't really her problem.

She would likely live and die alone. She had accepted that fact as best she could. Her escapes were the way she lived with it.

No one gets to tell you what your life means!

I have always despised people who join societies. In general, I feel that groups of any kind are for the weak. The need for consensus is the most disgusting and pathetic aspect of our human world. Is there none who can simply wander alone beneath a sort of cloth tent painted with dreams?

I make my own judgements of people, mate. I don't need to borrow yours.

Adrian: "I've made my position clear, Mr. Skerry. It's not my job to protect people from their own stupidity." Resonator: "And I like to give hand granades to babies ... let's be friends!?

Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They don't know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics.

I realized that I could think for myself, and that "The Black Experience" was a myth used to control black people.

I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

Conformity is the ruin of the mind.

We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free - if we were, we'd allow people their freedom.

I don't believe we need the government's help as much as some think we do. That belief sets me apart from the Democrats, since their way of dealing with everything is to tax and spend.

I believe in the America people's ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them to lead their lives as they choose, they will succeed.

I also believe that government has no business telling us how we should live our lives. I think our lifestyle choices should be left up to us. What we do in our private lives is none of the government's business. That position rules out the Republican Party for me.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business. I live by the golden rule: Treat others as you'd want them to treat you. The religious right wants to tell people how to live.

Skipping: the ultimate display of nonconformity.

I love my freedom. I love my America.

Young women should pave their own path. I find it quite confining to live up to anybody else's expectations of who you should be.

I just really think every job I do, I get this gypsy attitude to money.

The last free place in America is a parking spot.

401(k)s were part of a larger cultural drift in America away from shared responsibilities toward a more precarious individualism.