Quotes About Independence

For my own private satisfaction, I had rather be master of my own time than wear a diadem.

Every time the government grows we lose more of who we are.

Cats ... are completely self-sufficient and can leave you at any time and go off and make a living. And yet cats can have warm and loving relationships with humans.

I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time.

You and I, travel to the beat of a different drum, can't you tell by the way I run, every time you make eyes at me.

. . . a woman can be a woman and a true one without having all her time engrossed by dress and society.

The spinning wheel is the one thing to which all must turn to in the Indian clime for the transition stage at any rate and the vast majority must for all time.

A free spirit must be able to surmount anxiety time after time.

There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.

To give you an idea how well I was doing at the time I quit, I was the only one who knew I quit.

It is now time for our nation to frustrate the wild dreams of the whites.

The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies" of others.

This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that's what I had.

I recall the first time my agent told me to wear clothes specifically chosen for me, I would try and find excuses not to do it.

Every time I've strayed from the beaten path I've never regretted it.

You a low down dog is what's wrong. It's time to leave you and enter into the creation. And your dead body just the welcome mat I need.

The infantile cowardice of our time which demands an external pattern, a nonhuman authority.

There was no active, conscious decision-making point, just a gradual realization over time that I'm very happy minus children and marriage.

Oh I've plenty of time, my time is entirely my own.

Amazing, Yetta thought. Back home I couldn't have chosen my own husband. And here I'm thinking about choosing presidents, governors, mayors, laws...

We will not be stupid girls. We will not be powerless girls. We will not be useless girls

Maybe everyone is just waiting for some else to save them.

Whatever happened to, 'Yes, Mum. Whatever you say, Mum'? Isabel demanded. When did you stop obeying instantly? … We haven't stopped obeying. We just think first now. - Ian

Be the hero of your own life. Don't let somebody else play that role. (Vasu)