George H. W. Bush Quotes

I had been an independent entrepreneur from the beginning, and I felt I could do it myself. I didn't want to get a job.

I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

I wasn't sheltered or spoiled. All the money I made, I made myself.

I just know that it's smart for my career to carve my own path and do my own thing.

I thought, if I went into business I'd be able to control my own destiny.

I'm Southern, but I need to be out making my own money, and impacting the world outside of my house.

Your life must be a progression towards ownership - first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.

I didn't want to work with my father. I wanted to see if I could develop my own career.

Real power is being able to take care of yourself. My job is to make art, but I aspire to do more than that.

Part of the American dream is 'I can own my own business, I can control my destiny. I can have the opportunity to work for myself.'

There have been a lot of challenges, but I'm still standing on my own, and it's quite an achievement knowing that I own my own business and created my own success through hard work and vision.

I was looking very much for a career. My second marriage to Stan Herman had ended, and I wanted very much to be independent, not take alimony from him, be on my own, do the right thing.

My parents never pushed me to be an actress. You can come from a family of actors, and sometimes there have been families that grow you up as an actor, but this wasn't my situation. It's very important to find your own way because it's something you then have to confront yourself.

Since I was 9 years old, I have been working, hustling to find my own projects - from telenovelas to record deals, etc. etc. Way before I met my husband.

Instead of being taught independence, energy, and enterprise, our youth today is taught to look for security.

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.

I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.

At the end of the day, I don't need to work, and I think it's good that I have the drive and willpower to get up and do something in the morning even though I don't need to.

Being your own boss is much superior to working for the man. Including working for your father.

I'm my own person, and am trying to carve out a career on my own.

It's not a bad idea to be single, so I can concentrate on my job.

I'm a freelance person, and I've always been able to support myself.

To me, success was not having to have a boss and not having a day job. I've been living my own version of success since the early '90s when I first got signed. I haven't had a job since then.

You know, there's nobody where I've said, 'Man, I really want that guy's career.' I mean, each of us has to make our own go of it.