Paul O'Grady Quotes

I basically raised myself.

I really do like being independent, and I don't want to have to rely on anyone else to cart me around if I break a bone.

I've always been very independent; I take care of myself.

There are things one must do for oneself.

There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.

Mama was a country woman with a whole lot of common sense. She understood what most of our neighbors didn't - that I shouldn't grow dependent on anyone except myself. 'One of these days, I ain't gonna be here,' she kept hammering inside my head.

My desire is to be as independent as I can be, as long as I can be, subject to being effective.

I don't need government to be successful.

Relatives cannot help you in the studios. You stand or fall by your own efforts.

What a child can do in cooperation today, he can do alone tomorrow.

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

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.

Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.

I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes.

I think one of the defining moments of adulthood is the realization that nobody's going to take care of you. That you have to do the heavy lifting while you're here. And when you don't, well, you suffer the consequences.

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

You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.

I am responsible for me. I can kind of take care of what I need to do and should do what I like to do.

I don't want a life without my mom in it, but I'm not someone who curls up in the fetal position and says, 'Mommy, take care of me!' I don't like people catering to me. It feels so awkward and uncomfortable.

Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.

I think I learned pretty early that in the end, it's only you. To an extent, you're all alone.

If I am to truly become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian.