Ray Bradbury Quotes

In one sense I feel that my book is a one-woman argument against determinism.

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

I think it is important to remind people of the extent of our free will.

The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.

No one makes me do anything I don't want to do.

I believe that we all have freedom to shape our own life and the world around us.

I think when you mature, you realize that you really don't have to do anything you don't want to do or be represented in a way that doesn't suit you.

A true man does what he will, not what he must.

No one chooses what does not rest with himself, but only what he thinks can be attained by his own act.

I have never believed that man's freedom consisted in doing what he wants, but rather in never doing what he does not want to do.

Some men […] choose to seek greatness, while others are forced to it. It is always better to choose than to be forced. A man who is forced is never completely his own master. He must dance on the strings of those who forced him.

Man usually thinks liberty is the power of doing what he likes to do. That is license.

It is only because a person has volitions of the second order that he is capable both of enjoying and of lacking freedom of the will.

Whoever wants to be free, therefore, let him not want or avoid anything that is up to others. Otherwise he will necessarily be a slave.

You're not a kid any more. You have the right to choose your own life. You can start again. If you want a cat, all you have to do is choose a life in which you can have a cat. It's simple. It's your right.

I'm not going to tell people how to live their life and I surely wouldn't tell people my life is the way you should be living. People get to choose what they do want to do with their life and I appreciated that.

You don't need to give reasons for the things you do- you just have to do what you want. And sometimes the thing that seems messed up to everyone else is what's right for you. You have to do it and not be ashamed of it.

A man can surely do what he wills to do, but cannot determine what he wills.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Unless someone truly has the power to say no, they never truly have the power to say yes.

I am very comfortable with the idea that we can override biology with free will.

Freedom is control in your own life.

If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.