Quotes About Independence

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice... it is conformity.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice ... it is conformity." And there you have the reason for so many failures. Conformity — people acting like everyone else, without knowing why or where they are going.

A man has always wanted to lay me down but he never wanted to pick me up.

Hava bir tuhaf. Hayal kurmaya yönelik bir tutum var havada. Kaçmaya müsait bir bulutluluk. Bir balkon olsa ?imdi. Kimsenin seni tan?mad??? bir ?ehirde. Kahvenin içine konyak kendili?inden dü?se, kocaman bir h?rkan?n içinde olsan. Bir ?eyi terk etmi? olsan. Mesela bir ?ehri. Mesela kendini, yüzünü filan mesela.

A?k, kad?nlar yorulunca biter. Kad?nlar bir adam? de?il, bir mezarl??? terk eder.

?nsanlar?n hikayelerini yazanlar evvela ?unu bilmeli: Kaderini yaz?yorsun yaln?z olacaks?n. Hem de hep.

Tanr? bizi sevmese bile cesur bir anne bize yetebilirdi...

Sonra k?z bir kilim dürmü? s?rtl?yor. Kilim onun eviymi?.

lovely young lady is telling you, pal, is, you're cut off. The gravy train just pulled into its last stop. I know the sound of those brakes." I yanked the curtain out of Mr. Rose's hand, scowled, and turned back to Mr. Williams. "What's your number, girl?" he demanded. I almost laughed. As in the prison system, Mr. Williams thought we went by numbers

There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty…

why make something your responsibility if it doesn't have to be?

When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves.

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

When a black man, whose destiny and identity have always been controlled by others, decides and states that he will control his own destiny and rejects the identity given to him by others, he is talking revolution." That threat to the

No matter how good you are, at some point your kids are gonna have to create their own independence and think that Mom and Dad aren't cool, just to establish themselves. That's what adolescence is about. They're gonna go through that no matter what.

Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.

Don't follow your brain. Let the brain follow you.

Freedom is ugly, but is much more beautiful than slavery.

Art critic! Is that a profession? When I think we are stupid enough, we painters, to solicit those people's compliments and to put ourselves into their hands! What shame! Should we even accept that they talk about our work?

No matter how famous and established they were or however blessed they were with great songs or long careers, if they lived alone, they lived alone. That's not the way I wanted to live prior to the tour or after.

I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.

We're living in a time when parenting is not at all mirroring the way I was parented. For me, I just followed my parents around on their errands when they were busy on the phone, I was quiet. It's a different kettle of fish these days: They run the house, and you listen to their music, and you go to their appointments.

They tell me I have got a mind of my own, but sometimes it's like my mind itself has its own mind.

A man without fear cannot be a slave.