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Quotes About Independence

The federal judiciary is unlike the other branches of government. And once confirmed, a federal judge serves for life. And there's no court above the Supreme Court.
~ Patrick Leahy
I want to keep my life as unfettered as possible. So maybe I'll just pretend to get rare books from my catalogue, and not really get them.
~ Patti Smith
I told my father I had to try political science for a year. He thought I was throwing my life away.
~ Paul Wolfowitz
I led a sheltered life. I didn't know how to book a flight.
~ Paul Young
We are all different, and should do what we can do te remain so.
~ Paulo Coelho
Life will undertake to separate us, and we must each set off in search of our own path, our own destiny or our own way of facing death.
~ Paulo Coelho
I think that's what keeps you grounded - having your own life that's not directed by your job.
~ Phil Daniels
It is your life and it is worth risking everything to make it yours.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Freedom is our most precious treasure. Don't lose it for anything. . . .
~ Rajneesh
Never obey anyone's command unless it is coming from within you also.
~ Rajneesh
Life is to be lived, not controlled.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I've been gratified to see over the twenty or so years of my writing life the West become less of a colony of the East; maybe new technologies and too much travel undermine the idea of provinciality.
~ Rebecca Solnit
He sleeps fastest who sleeps alone.
~ Richard Avedon
You are someone and you have a right to your life.
~ Richard Hugo
I was so tired of being told reasonable, practical things whenever something went wrong with my life.
~ Richelle Mead
Taking a deep breathe, I made one of the hardest decisions of my life. I walked away.
~ Richelle Mead
I want some time without you organic life forms.
~ Rick Riordan
I don't live my life seeking validation from people on social media.
~ Ricki-Lee Coulter
Life helps those who help themselves.
~ Robin Sharma
In my private life I do what I like. The night is my friend. If I don't go out, I don't score.
~ Romario
I don't know how to run your life. I don't know how to run your life. I don't have the authority to run your life. And the Constitution doesn't permit me to run your life.
~ Ron Paul
I routinely never discuss my marriage. It's nice to have things in my life that are totally mine.
~ Ryan Adams
Life is elsewhere. Cross frontiers. Fly away.
~ Salman Rushdie
I don't want someone coming in and passing judgment on my life.
~ Sandra Bernhard