Quotes About Independence

I'm 100 percent in control of my artistry, music, and finances.

One of the most important aspects of an athlete's financial life is that he needs to be personally responsible for his own finances.

At base, financial literacy is inextricably connected to control over one's future.

You have got to be the masters of your own financial future.

Unless you have financial resources of your own, you can't be free.

I've lived so frugally for so long. I have to have that financial security or the world feels out of control for me.

When I first came to Seoul to start model work, I felt bad asking for financial support from my parents, so I lived in the sauna for about six months.

I had no financial support from my parents, but, I suppose, I did have moral support - although they really didn't know what was going on.

I like to work with directors where you feel they make the movies not for the audience, but make them for themselves. They don't care if it's a success financially. That's what I like.

We are financially strong. We are self-sustaining. We don't have an umbilical cord that we are concerned about.

Your husband should be able to respect you; he cannot be financially dependent on his wife.

I think people like to think I'm in some way financially dependent on my family - on my dad - but the fact of the matter is I've been emancipated from my father since I was 14 years old. That's something people don't know or understand.

I want to retire and want to be able to live out my days financially secure. That's what everyone wants.

I am a woman who, you know, I run my own business. I don't need a man financially, for anything, but just to be a companion.

I want to reach everyone, but I have a dedication to women. Being that I'm a woman myself, and with the things that I've gone through, I've dealt with a lot of women that are in the dark and blind about relationships who depend on men for their happiness, emotionally and financially.

I always told my girls growing up that I would not baby them through life, and no matter how blessed they are financially, they have to get an education!

We're so used to financing things on our own that we always have a plan in place to sort of scale our ideas.

Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Find out what you're capable of.

If my boyfriend finds me sexy, then I don't need that kind of male attention from anyone else.

Financially, I'm fine. But it's good to work. I'm not capable of doing nothing.

When my writing really started to take off was when I made a decision that I would write only what I wanted to write, and if 10 people wanted to hear it, that's fine.

I can't drive, so I can only live in New York, which is fine with me.

I would want like, model-slash-actress-slash-designer-slash-mother-slash... cook! I just like having my finger in loads of pies all the time.

I have a rough time wanting to spend billions and billions and trillions of dollars to help people who won't help themselves, won't lift a finger, and expect the federal government to do everything.