Quotes About Autonomy

I'm a piece of work, man. I will do what I want, at all times, always. Nobody's going to persuade me one way or another. I can't be persuaded. I take criticism, I listen, I analyze, but at the end of the day, I make the decisions. Because that's the way I started, and that's the way I'm going to finish.

I really started from grassroots, without a handout or anything.

I've never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making television, I always did what I wanted to do, and if I couldn't, I didn't do it. It was a freedom that, these days, young directors starting out don't have.

Becoming an adult means leaving the world of your parents and starting to make your way toward the future that you will share with your peers.

I believe a board in a small startup company should never vote on anything.

The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take.

I'll starve to death before I'll cook for myself.

As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.

The right to religious freedom is not a gift of the state or a gift of a group.

The most desirable state of mankind is that which maintains general security with the smallest encroachment upon individual independence.

I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state.

Eroticism has its own moral justification because it says that pleasure is enough for me; it is a statement of the individual's sovereignty.

I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.

Always protect yourself. Every woman, no matter what her age, romantic or marital status, should have a bank account in her own name.

Self-determination means the political and economic status of Hong Kong should be freely determined by the Hong Kong people.

The continued erosion of the one country, two systems framework puts at risk Hong Kong's long-established special status in international affairs.

I would consider myself a rather staunch libertarian.

I influence myself, because I always try to be different and stay in my own lane.

Stay small and control it yourself.

I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.

I've always kind of stayed free of coaching because I really want to stay out of coaches' way so they can do their job.

Whatever you feel is right, whether that's moving to a new club or staying to fight for a position, everyone has a right to do what they want to do.

At the end of the day, you have to do what's best for you, and I support any guy who stays home.