938 private quotes tagged freedom

“At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet.” — Kristi Yamaguchi

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“We believe that salvation is to be found in wholesome work in a beloved land. Work will provide our people with the bread of tomorrow, and moreover, with the honor of the tomorrow, the freedom of the tomorrow.” — Theodor Herzl

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“People ask 'How does doing a film compare to doing an ad?' Well, when you're doing a commercial you don't have to sell tickets. You have a captured audience. Which is actually completely rare and great it gives you a lot of freedom. When you make a film, you have to do advertisements for the film.” — Mike Mills

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“I think that we could be more careful about what we're saying to young women in terms of their expectations. It's unrealistic to expect people to always be in designer clothes. Girls growing up deserve more freedom in how they look and how they feel about how they look.” — Emily Procter

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“The very first things that I did, even in theater, were bad guys. They are meaty roles for the most part. With the bad guy you have more freedom to experiment and go further out than with a good guy.” — Benicio Del Toro

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“All Americans value the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and I believe this is essential for our continued way of life. But with this freedom comes responsibility. That responsibility has been abdicated here by some in the media and some in the government.” — Steven Hatfill

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“Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known to have lithium in it - because it goes all the way back to Sam Houston, surely the most lovable, the most human, and the funniest of all the great men this country has ever produced.” — Molly Ivins

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“People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who you're directing the story to is anathema to me, because, in my view, fiction is freedom and any restraints on that are intolerable.” — Martin Amis

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“Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.” — Edith Wharton

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“No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.” — Damien Hirst

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“Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.” — Oprah Winfrey

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“Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.” — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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“In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.” — Will Durant

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“A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience.” — Diane Keaton

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“The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose.” — Thornton Wilder

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“The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.” — George W. Bush

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“A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.” — Leonard Peltier

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“It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.” — Herodotus

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“Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will be a mother and how many children she will have. Regardless of what man's attitude may be, that problem is hers - and before it can be his, it is hers alone.” — Margaret Sanger

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“It's good that the first half of the speech emphasized freedom, because George W. Bush has been the global champion for freedom. As he said, if we don't fight tyranny it will not leave us alone in peace.” — Ernest Istook

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“The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in values in a rather short time and it's an example of freedom from religion.” — Tom Wolfe

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“Art gives me the freedom I don't have when I make music.” — Marilyn Manson

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“I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.” — William Morris

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“Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness nothing but faith, faith and freedom.” — Gustave Flaubert

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“My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things.” — Clarence Thomas

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