Quotes of: Independent-woman Keyword

Do not, under any circumstances, put this book down and turn on the teevee. The teevee debilitates our culture.

Cunt: A Declaration of Independence

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

Catch-22

The fantastic cannot exist independently of that 'real' world which it seems to find frustratingly finite.

Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion

I fear we might be losing the basic human facility to be alone - and with that you throw out independent decision-making, what to trust, what not to trust; key stuff - a perilous loss.

Dylan Moran

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

Leo Tolstoy

It is not whether an independent Scotland could go it alone and develop its own defence forces - of course it could - but what sort of forces would they be?

Philip Hammond

Everyone goes to the same exhibitions and the same parties, stays in the same handful of hotels, eats at the same no-star restaurants, and has almost the same opinions. I adore the art world, but this is copycat behavior in a sphere that prides itsel...

Jerry Saltz

All of the designs on Minted are crowd-sourced from a global community of independent designers. We hold monthly design and art challenges that anyone in the world is welcome to enter.

Mariam Naficy

There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.

Mao Zedong

In the early '90s, when those little art films started coming out, we were introduced to Quentin Tarantino and guys like that, and independent cinema was something that everyone wanted to be a part of.

Ron Perlman

The life of man is so short that ordinary people simply cannot afford to be born

Independent People

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.

Jane Eyre

A corner is important. It provides privacy and an anchor and lets you exist independently of the room.

Life Itself

Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.

Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way

Man will never be stronger nor independent if he lives under perpetual motivation of others.

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

The greatest gift a parent can leave a child is that parent's own independence.

The Shell Seekers

To marry is to surrender everything--not only your body but your pride, your independence, even your life.

Pope Joan

Nature has made all her truths independent of one another. Our art makes one dependent on the other.

Pensées

It seemed to me, watching, that if you were dextrous enough to gift-wrap an independent-minded amphibian, you could just about manage a condom.

Promiscuities

the military system of a nation is not an independent section of the social system but an aspect of its totality.

Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century

Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromise.

The Wisdom of Crowds