Quotes of: Independents Keyword

He had memorized the entire Qur'an and lectured on the nature of evil, which, like a shadow, cannot exist independently of the good silhouettes.

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

The past has a way of walking around in the present, behaving as if it were alive.

The Baltic Revolution: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Path to Independence

Anxiety, and the physical symptoms it causes, is merely fog along the path of independence and discovery.

Brain Drain The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life

The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined.

Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant.

Edward Sapir

I really think we should pass a law in every state, I don't care whether it takes the independence away from an old person or not. You shouldn't be driving a car if you're over the age of 80. Maybe even less than that.

Evel Knievel

Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone.

Maya Angelou

No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.

Orison Swett Marden

Independent film is almost nonexistent right now, because all the distributers that used to love to put out these little art films are all out of business right now, because it costs so much to open a movie.

Ron Perlman

When I started out in independent films in the early '70s, we did everything for the love of art. It wasn't about money and stardom. That was what we were reacting against. You'd die before you'd be bought.

Sissy Spacek

I do not know by what extraordinary mental accident modern writers so constantly connect the idea of progress with the idea of independent thinking.

Heretics

That blasted family could never look at a living thing without wanting to make a profit out of it, preferably by killing it.

Independent People

For once the crofter was at a a rather loss for words, for to him nothing has ever been more completely unintelligible than the reasoning that is bred of tears.

Independent People

I have sometimes thought--that under the affectation of independent views you are as enslaved to the social code as any woman I know!

Jude the Obscure

If you knew how the journey was going to end, you could afford to be patient along the path.

Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence

The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from , not : to follow one's own path, not that of the crowd.

Rebels and Devils: The Psychology of Liberation

Perfection does not take into account the viewer.' Pheidias had once said to me. 'It exists on it own, independent of and unconcerned with opinions or utility.

Stealing Athena

Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.

Second Treatise of Government

A basic principle of data processing teaches the folly of trying to maintain independent files in synchonism.

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering

I'm independent and strong, but sometimes...just sometimes, it's nice to be taken case of. It's nice to be made to feel like a lady

The Mighty Storm

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

North and South