Clay Shirky Quotes

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.

A lot of people ask why I don't fly for the airlines now. It's because of the rebel in me that doesn't like rules.

I'm always gonna be in opposition no matter what, but I can still cover my bases and do what I like.

I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.

I love the freedom to do whatever I want with style and not be put into a box.

I always like to preserve my freedom. I've never really been attached to any place; that's probably why I kept moving. I like to evolve.

I always want my options to be open.

Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

I am not much about rules, I like to break 'em and don't like to make 'em.

I don't like routine and I don't like rules.

I try to live my life, do what I want, and just let everything else follow along.

I like to play by my own rules.

I'm not good with limitations. I tend to like to find my own. It hurts sometimes, but it's good. I'm little extreme in that sense - the middle ground is not my forte.

I get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession.

I think people should do whatever they want to do. That's the point. Why should you care what other people think or say? You're not living in their pocket.

I don't make any rules.

I'm a late-night host that doesn't want to be tied down by time or television or even hosting.

I wanted to find a way of life that allowed me great freedom, not to be stuck. I went to a very traditional school, which prepared people for the army or for banking or for industry, and I wanted to be outside of that.

I think a lot of what I loved being a studio executive was the variety and freedom. But now, as a producer, you're much more able to enjoy those two things. What I loved about it doesn't necessarily exist anymore.

I wasn't overwhelmed by dogma, and that sort of freed me up to look at things differently.

I don't live by all these rigid, weird rules that make me feel all fenced in. I just like the way that I feel like, and that makes me feel very free.

I like following whatever's right for me at any given time. I could have stayed with Free for 40 years, but it becomes a corporate entity after a while, and once I become locked into it and governed by it and am expected to do a certain thing all of the time, I tend to want to move on.

It's true I don't play by the rules all the time.

I don't really try to pattern myself after any particular person. I pretty much make it up as I go along.