Quotes About Autonomy

The people of America need personal responsibility and freedom, not dependency on the government.

Abortion, to me, is an issue of personal responsibility.

Personal responsibility is better than any government order.

Personal responsibility matters.

I took it as my personal responsibility to be able to juggle. I didn't want anybody to help me and I didn't expect my office to make it easy for me.

I am my own person with my own experiences, personality, and definition of success.

Being a new character is like going to a new school. You have to try to maintain your own autonomy and your own personality.

I like to choose my own way forward. I really do want to create something that I personally like a lot.

A doctor, a judge, or a piece of paper shouldn't have the power to tell someone who he or she is. We should all have the absolute and inalienable right to define ourselves, in our own terms and in our own languages, and to be able to express our identity and perspectives without fear of consequences and retribution.

Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesn't have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.

I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer.

I no longer enjoy drawing people's pets. I just want to draw what I want to draw and have people not tell me what to draw.

But I don't really like to discuss Phil anymore.

Phil is my father. He's a part of who I am. But I don't want to be defined by that.

If you're an actor, you're at the mercy of a script. You've got far more control if you're the photographer.

I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography.

I object to the actual phrase 'Follow me.' You've gotta be kidding! Why would I want to follow anybody else? Nor do I want them to follow me. The machinations of my life, the banalities - they're mine. They belong to me.

I don't want to feel shamed into making a choice about my physical appearance or my body... or even about the choices I make about my life. I want to be feel empowered and inspired because they feel good to me.

I don't necessarily want my physician making all my decisions.

No inanimate object is ever fully determined by the laws of physics and chemistry.

I tried piano, acting, and a bunch of things. My family let me do what I wanted to do; they made sure I had balance in my life because I was self-driven. Listen to your kid, encourage them, and make it fun.

Each of you, as an individual, must pick your own goals. Listen to others, but do not become a blind follower.

I'll be an independent contractor and I'm going to make sure that I am my own boss, that I pick my own hours. I'm going to make my own business decisions.

I should be able to pick which applications I use for managing my life, I should be able to pick which content I look at, and I should be able to pick which device I use, which company I use for supplying my internet, and I'd like those to be independent choices.