Quotes About Independence

I of course took the opportunity to interpose wi' pig-headed Wallace pride, 'I am not English, you ignorant Jerry bastard, I am a SCOT.

Here you are, painting the town red, alone with two young men you only met just last week in a shady night club playing illegal music in a foreign country. Come on." He pulled at my hand persuasively, I'll bet you know how to Fox-Trot.

Which would you rather have––an unlimited supply of Chanel No. 5, or freedom?

In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.

some things are too wonderful even for a child, and freedom's one of them

Martha looked at her son. So this was the beginning of growing up. This was where the road they had been traveling together first parted.

Can't you see that it doesn't matter what the world thinks if you've done your work the best you knew how to do?

Strong people do not need strong leaders.

You didn't see me on television, you didn't see news stories about me. The kind of role that I tried to play was to pick up pieces or put together pieces out of which I hoped organization might come. My theory is, strong people don't need strong leaders.

Strong people don't need strong leaders.

The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

Flying lessons? That's not very wifely.

She was healthy & thriving, like a weed: a weed with no interest in trying to become, say, a proper flower.

Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else's path unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path, then by all means you should follow that.

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is.

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.

Never follow anyone else's path, unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path. Then by all means follow that path.

It asked readers, "Hot pink dress-is it a do or a don't?" Now here's my question about this poll: who cares? If you want to wear a pink dress, wear a pink dress. It doesn't matter what other people think. One hundred percent of the people polled could say a pink dress is a "do" and guess what? I still ain't wearing one.

I personally like being unique. I like being my own person with my own style and my own opinion and my own toothbrush. I think it's so much better to stand out in some way and to set yourself apart from the masses. It would be so boring to look out into the world and see hundreds of people who look and think exactly like me. If I wanted that, I could just sit in front of a mirror and admire my own reflection all day.

Never follow anyone else's path. Unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path. Then by all means follow that path.

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is.

Find out who you are and figure out what you believe in. Even if it's different from what your neighbors believe in and different from what your parents believe in. Stay true to yourself. Have your own opinion. Don't worry about what people say about you or think about you. Let the naysayers nay. They will eventually grow tired of naying.