Quotes About Autonomy

I have never believed that man's freedom consisted in doing what he wants, but rather in never doing what he does not want to do.

I don't do what you people want. I Do What I Want!

I've always been my own person. I don't do what people want me to do. Like, if you want me to do that, I'm going to do the complete opposite.

Nobody knows what you want except you, and no one will be as sorry as you if you don't get it.

You ain't got but one life. You ought to live it the way you want.

I'm a free person; I feel terribly free. They could put me in chains and I still would be free because my thoughts would be mine - and that's all I want to have.

She obeys me, but only because she wants to. It's the only justification for obedience, Ged observed.

If you want something done right, do it yourself.

People always tell me "Have a nice day." Well what if I don't want to? What if I want to have a crappy day?

I think I couldn't give myself any advice apart from just do exactly what I want.

There's only one very good life and that's the life you know you want and you make it yourself.

Focus on yourself -- do what you want, when you want, without having to consider anyone else's agenda.

I think the way I want to think. I live the way I want to live.

Everybody has a choice. I am not here to shove my light down everybody's throat. For those who don't want it, I have nothing to defend.

Rules are invented for lazy people who don't want to think for themselves.

Just wear what you want, if you like something that's all that matters. Dress for yourself not for other people.

I support anyone's right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?

When you direct is the only time you get to have the world exactly how you want it. My movies are very close to what I set out to do. And I'm super-opinionated about what I do and don't like.

The reason I don't want anyone to control me is not because I want to be in control. I don't want anyone to control me because I don't want anyone to control anyone.

Privacy matters; privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

To be free means to choose, whose slave you want to be.­

Free people have a right to decide for themselves what they want to hear.

Do what you feel is right and back yourself up. Live the life you want to live.