Quotes About Autonomy

No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.

I cannot wed a man who would have me be less than I am. Not Rotherrod, nor any man who needs me to be less so that he can be more.

You can choose your friends but not your friendships.

One cannot convince another to love anything or anyone.

He never liked things that weren't his idea first.

You help me become someone who can save himself.

Women do cook for themselves you know. You think when we're on our own we sob into a lonely bowl of cereal? This may come as a surprise, but cooking isn't something we only do when there is a man around.

Life is too short to listen to a MAN to tell me how to live it.

A cat sees no good reason why it should obey another animal, even if it does stand on two legs.

I could not want a lover, more than I want freedom.

it is unthinkable to allow complete strangers, whether individually or collectively as state legislators or others in government, to make such personal decisions for someone else.

If pleasing people is your goal, you will be enslaved to them. People can be harsh taskmasters when you give them this power over you.

If people don't think they have the power to solve their problems, they won't even think about how to solve them.

Thus the greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself. From

Only when I turned thirty did I finally feel for the first time that I was free, that I could live as I liked, as an individual. It's as if at thirty, I'd been born for the first time. Until then, I was never more than someone's tool.

You're thinking I'm one of those wise-ass California vegetarians who is going to tell you that eating a few strips of bacon is bad for your health. I'm not. I say its a free country and you should be able to kill yourself at any rate you choose, as long as your cold dead body is not blocking my driveway.

In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldn't have to ride around with jerks.

You're thinking I'm one of those wise-ass California vegetarians who is going to tell you that eating a few strips of bacon is bad for your health. I'm not. I say its a free country and you should be able to kill yourself at any rate you choose, as long as your cold dead body is not blocking my driveway.

Self-motivated people thrive when granted independence.

Self-reliance is the ability to apply your individuality to the world, based on a framework of emotional, physical, and financial support for yourself.

Hire Self-Sufficient, Passionate People

Self-motivated people thrive when granted independence. Managers who want better performance must provide what their staff needs.

GitHub has always been a fully distributed company, naturally reaching many of the same conclusions as Automattic about autonomy, empowerment, and trust.

Schneider and Mullenweg went to great lengths to keep support roles, like legal, human resources, and even IT, from infringing on the autonomy of creative roles like engineering and design. The most striking expression of this is that management is seen as a support role.