Quotes About Independence

The basic need of the creator is independence. The reasoning mind cannot work under any form of compulsion. It cannot be curbed, sacrificed or subordinated to any consideration whatsoever. It demands total independence in function and in motive.

Great men can't be ruled.

Kill reverence and you've killed the hero in man.

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.

He was guilty of nothing, except that he earned his own fortune and never forgot that it was his.

I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams. I'm O.K. with that so long as my songs are my own. No one can take my songs away from me.

In the final analysis we are all our own teachers and our own pupils and that is as it should be.

It's frightening to be free, to have to take responsibility for your decisions.

Son Türkistan, gene kahraman?n? yaratacak ve bu kahraman bir bozkurt olacakt?. Ufuklardan bir bozkurt bekleniyordu. Bu bozkurt ç?kmal?yd?. Bir bayrak açmal?, bir devlet kurmal?, emirler verilip emirler al?nmal?yd?. Nitekim bir gün bütün bunlar? yapacak olan bozkurt, yani beklenilen kahraman ç?kt? da: Mustafa Kemal Pa?a...

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Nothing like rejection to make what is wholly yours seem sweet and right.

The reason that we feel jealous is that we feel abandoned. This is absurd, because I am a grown-up person capable of looking after myself. I cannot, literally, be abandoned.

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.

Badges, to god-damned hell with badges! We have no badges. In fact, we don't need badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges.

Por qué esperar al Salvador? Sálvate tú mismo, hermano, y entonces tu salvador habrá llegado.

Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges!

If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all that's necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom.

Every woman wants a cowboy.

Please don't take offense, but I want no part of this family or what comes with it.

Everyone wanted Maggie." He smiled. "But some of us were smart enough to know you can break a wild horse, but you can never trust it.

When are you coming back?" he'd demanded as he'd watched her throw her clothes into two suitcases and head for the door. "When you get some help with your drinking." He didn't need any help. He drank fine without it.