Quotes About Independence

When you're single, you're not beholden to anyone, and you can shut down more easily. In the past, I had the idea that I'd live in a caravan with a dog near a pub with no responsibilities. But now, when bad things happen in the world, I feel responsible for them because they're going to impact on my daughter.

I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.

I don't care what people think of me. I don't even care what happens to me.

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.

What other people think of me is none of my business.

People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me.

I love Coney Island. I saw all different kinds of people - Russian, Italian, black, Puerto Rican, rich people in Sea Gate and in the co-ops. You'd see people in the co-ops or in the houses, and it was like, Man, I wish I could have this. I wish my mother and father could buy me this. Me being an independent thinker, I was like, I'm gonna get that.

I'm an independent thinker and independent leader. I have been my whole life.

A 'new thinker', when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what other people have thought.

Since Brooks Brothers is a 189-year-old company, there are plenty of references and inspirations I can draw from their archives and catalogs. The wearer of Black Fleece may not be all that different from mine, in that I imagine that it would be someone who is a true individual, and independent thinker. This is for both men and women.

The most obvious thing I do is I don't wear a burqa, and I'm definitely not oppressed. Plus, I'm quite obviously an independent thinker, which means as soon as I walk on stage, I dispel a lot of those stereotypes.

We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when he played it. That wouldn't do me any good.

My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others!

It's not my job to tell people what to think. If I can actually in some way help the readers' own creative thinking, then that's got to be to everybody's benefit.

I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking.

Simply by starting to cook again, you declare your independence from the culture of fast food. As soon as you cook, you start thinking about ingredients. You start thinking about plants and animals and not the microwave. And you will find that your diet, just by that one simple act, that is greatly improved.

I remember, when I was 6 years old, we were having an event at school where different dolls were on display. I said that the tallest doll needed to be on the end, and my little friend said to me, 'Oh, you're just so bossy.' I remember thinking that wasn't a good thing. But I kept insisting the doll had to be on the end anyway.

I'm not interested in thinking up the name of a band and a logo and all that. Been there, done that, sold a million T-shirts.

I realized there are no lobbyists for critical thinking, and I realized there are no lobbyists for bravery.

When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.

I don't have the time to think about what someone else thinks of me because I'm busy making films.