Amy Schumer Quotes

All The Rules In This World Were Made By Someone No Smarter Than You. So Make Your Own.

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

People relate to the spirit of the band, which is to live your way and succeed on your own terms. There's no hypocrisy in being successful and still railing against conformity.

I was always a rebel in the sense that I always wanted to go my own road and do something that nobody else has done.

I can connect with whoever I want to connect with in the world. And I can also write my own script. I don't have to follow rules. I can sort of just be unconventional.

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.

When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.

I object to the actual phrase 'Follow me.' You've gotta be kidding! Why would I want to follow anybody else? Nor do I want them to follow me. The machinations of my life, the banalities - they're mine. They belong to me.

I've done things my own way every since I've entered public office.

Who ever lives life on their own terms?

I think I always had, like, a rebellious spirit. But it wasn't a rebellious spirit to do wrong. It was a rebellious spirit to do something different.

Question everything. Don't try to emulate someone else's path. Look at what you have, the tools you have, the place you're in; know the rules, and break them.

No rebellious heart is ever at ease with paths established by others.

In my heart I'm independent, a bit of a rebel, a nonconformist.

Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.

Daddy says the world is a drum tight and hard and I told him I'm gonna beat out my own rhythm.

I won't work with people who won't give me the freedom to be me.

If you wanted to chart new territories and head off over the horizon, you had to make sure you weren't overly influenced by what others were doing ... so it didn't matter what other bands were doing ... we did what we were doing.

I refuse to act the way someone expects me to.

I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

I'm not following anybody's tracks, I'm making my own baby.

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

The important thing for me when I look at characters is to consider the kind of constraints placed upon them. Now, me personally, I don't like to have a lot of constraints placed upon me.