Emma Holly Quotes

He who can not support himself, can not take his own decision.

I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.

I've always decided that I would never be dependant on a man.

This work thing really has a specific purpose for me, which is to be an independent human being who doesn't rely on a guy or a family to be able to support myself. It's not about showing somebody that I'm successful. It's about having a wider breadth of option.

I have always told my daughters not to be dependent on anyone in any capacity.

I'm responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I'm not trying to live by another's standards.

All I'm gonna do is just go on and do what I feel.

I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

Do whatever you want to persevere, work for your own things, and do not depend on anyone to be your provider. That way, in the future, you will be all right regardless of the circumstances.

My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.

I just want choices. It's not about making money and having a lot of friends in Hollywood; that's the last thing I want.

I try to be as independent as possible.

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.

Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.

I built my entire life on the idea of independence.

My main goal is to be a self-made man and have control over what's mine.

I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when I was 17 or 18. I've earned my own money; I've traveled the world. What would I rebel against?

You can be bound by physical things, as I am by certain sicknesses, but nevertheless you can still be free to recognize that all initiatives really come from yourself if you don't depend upon structures of government or structures of any kind.

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.

I always had that yearning, that hunger, to one day be independent and be my own person and build my own world. The most fulfilling thing is to live a life where you have freedom.

Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.

I came of age believing that, no matter what happened, I would always be able to support myself.

I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be an uncommon man—if I can. I seek opportunity, not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.

The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self-dependence must give each individual the right, to choose his own surroundings.