Quotes about Independence

Poverty is uncomfortable, as I can testify: but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim for himself.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Whosoever would be a man must be a non-conformist.

Kids are soft these days, period, end of the story in every respect. People coddle them too much. I'm sick of that; it's irresponsible parenting. Taking care of them is one thing, but turning little boys into little girls because you're coddling them so much, kids need to have experiences on their own.

I was a freelancer all through my twenties. I did about one story a month and I wanted to write fiction, so the stories that I would do were precursors to 'Sex and the City.'

It should be the right of the individual to decide whether he wants to belong to a union.

The people who receive the most approval in life are the ones who care the least about it--so technically, if you want the approval of others, you need to stop caring about it.

Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do not want society.

He that hath money in his purse cannot want a head for his shoulders.

For a long time I didn't want to do a solo thing, but there comes a point where everyone else is going outside of The Strokes and The Strokes filtering process.

Stand-up comedy is mine: it's my entity; it's my brand; I own it. I do it when I want to do it.