Quotes About Autonomy

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.

The world tells lots of people the light is red. You have to trust yourself and say, 'I think the light is green, and I'm going to keep doing this.'

Central authority is bad. The bias should be for freedom. And without a central authority, there are lots of little authorities, and we learn which ones to trust.

I've worked since I was 18. I have no trust fund and don't expect anything.

I have achieved what I wanted to achieve. I'm better off at some sort of independent place where they not only like what I produce but also trust me to be the one to produce it.

I'm not asking the public to trust me; I'm asking the public to trust themselves.

Trust me, never devote 100 per cent of your time and space to a man.

I think it seems to be when I'm trusted, and someone just lets me have free rein - 'Do what you want, man' - that kind of confidence that directors instil in me always gets my best stuff out.

My parents weren't very strict. They've always trusted me to be independent and make my own decisions. There wasn't really anything to rebel against.

When individual members of the team are highly disciplined, they can be trusted and, therefore, allowed to operate with very little oversight.

I don't think I am that hands-on. I'm much more of a believer in finding a great team of people and trusting them to follow their instincts. They work better when they feel they have freedom and they are trusted.

Empowering women means trusting them.

I'm a decentralizer. I believe in trusting professionals.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

The truth is, I could no more dictate her nature than she could dictate mine. Kinsey's happy as she is and she doesn't need to be rescued, improved, or saved.

The truth is, I'd like to be closer to my kids. I'd like to share more with them. But that's not what this time in their lives is about. This is their time to separate, to self-direct, to become independent.

It never seems to occur to anybody that some women may not want to find husbands.

I can sort of do what I want. Maybe I have to work harder to prove myself in some new relationship because they've heard some wacky stories about me. But at least I can get the meeting.

You know what a cubicle basically says? It basically says, like, 'You know what? We don't think you're smart enough for an office, but we don't want you to look at anybody.

I mean, I've always been a libertarian. Leave everybody alone. Let everybody else do what they want. Just stay out of everybody else's hair.

The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which he wants to integrate himself into the totality of society.

There are actresses who build themselves, and then there are actresses who are built by others. I want to build myself.

When you say that I have followers, let me assure you that I do not want followers, nor would I ever encourage the idea of following.

When you force a man to act against his own choice and judgment, it's his thinking that you want him to suspend.