Being Free Quotes - Page 4

There is something about boldness and fearlessness and being free enough to speak what is on one's mind that warrants freedom.

Whatever the reasons, I enjoyed being nude; it felt natural to me. I got the same kind of pleasure from being free of clothing that many people get from being well dressed.

No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being.

In Europe the rich are refined enough to act as if they're not wealthy. That is how civilized people behave. If you ask me, being cultured and civilized is not about everyone being free and equal; it's about everyone being refined enough to act as if they were. Then no one has to feel guilty.

Being free is being able to accept people for what they are, and not try to understand all they are or be what they are.

Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the business of living.

Starting with radio, starting with television, we got used to this idea of stuff being free as long as you just watch a few ads.

Deregulation is a popular term that's used across the political spectrum. And it's one of these terms like "choice," that corporate interests have used because they know their focus-group buzzword testing makes it sound like a popular word. Because, who can be against deregulation? Being free, having liberty, not having someone tell you what to do, being deregulated, hey, that sounds great. But deregulation is a non sequitur in the realm of media policy or media regulation. The issue is never regulation versus deregulation; our entire system is built on media policies and subsidies.

True independence means being free from the domination of your own internal automatic behaviors, not doing what you feel like when the urge strikes.

So much of the world and the systems that we live within are made to keep us from feeling like we're free. The way that black women in American came to be is just diametrically opposed to being free.

We kind of have to rewrite our own stories and our own ways of being free.

A Christian cannot help being free, because in the pursuit and attainment of his object, no one can either hinder or retard him.

Don't you miss it?" I say. "Being free." He laughs.

I came to love the rhythm of the sound effects and the whole experience of listening to a story. I made a lot of stuff with my hands and so I loved being free to not watch a screen. I still love it to this day.

A man can be free without being great, but no man can be great without being free.

I need a prison in order to dream of being free.

As long as copyright is breached in Iran and international works are being freely published in magazines and newspapers, no one feels any need for Iranian works.

I like being free to take on any project that inspires me and to trust that the work will speak for itself.

The American people are being victimized more than any free market would warrant.

And is it not the chief good of money, the being free from the need of thinking of it?

Fondnesse it were for any being free, To covet fetters, though they golden bee.

There are no choices without personal freedom, Buckeroo. It's not us who are dead inside. These things you find so weak and contemptible in us - these are just the hazards of being free.

and i can't stand the idea of being alone. i can't bear the thought of being free.

There is value in being free and spontaneous but the greatest power comes from seeing and using what results from that freedom.

I love being free enough that I can be so intimate with people, and that people are free enough that we can all be intimate with each other!