Elizabeth Taylor Quotes

I hate to tell people what they should think 'cause I really have an aversion when people tell me what to think.

The supreme lesson of any education should be to think for yourself and to be yourself; absent this attainment, education creates dangerous, stupefying conformity.

I don't mean to say that I'm about to state my credo here on this page, but merely to affirm, sincerely for the first time in my life, my belief in man as an individual and independent entity. Certainly not independence in the everyday sense of the word, but pertaining to a freedom and mobility of thought that few people are able - or even have the courage - to achieve.

The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.

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.

I don't believe in other people's ideas. I have my own ideas.

There will always be some people who think for themselves, even among the self-appointed guardians of the great mass who, after having thrown off the yoke of immaturity themselves, will spread about them the spirit of a reasonable estimate of their own value and of the need for every man to think for himself.

I'm used to being told what to say, but not what to think... that's usually left up to me.

Be an independent thinker at all times, and ignore anyone who attempts to define you in a limiting way.

By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed with them because, again, I don't care too much what other people think.

I have only two rules which I regard as principles of conduct. The first is: Have no rules. The second is: Be independent of the opinion of others.

. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.

As long as a man had the courage to reject what society told him to do, he could live life on his own terms. To what end? To be free. But free to what end? To read books, to write books, to think.

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.

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

I'm very big on doing my own thing.

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

I am definitely an individual.

In Ministry, we've only had one message: Think for yourself.

Think for yourself and question authority.

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

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way.

Children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society…

I am not a representative of anything. I have my opinions.