Matt Drudge Quotes

I didn't have parents, so I lived in people's homes... And because I grew up with no parental role models, I learned to become my own friend, eventually my own father and my own mother.

It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are.

I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

And don't consult anyone's opinions but your own.

Everyone has to kind of fend for themselves.

I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.

People ask me how I manage without a man in the same tone they might ask someone how they're doing with just one lung, but it's not like that at all.

Let me just worry about me. I'm not worried about anyone else. If you're doing fine, great; if you're struggling, I hope things get better for you. But I've got to be worried about my career.

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

You kind of create your own moral universe. It's like, well, I like myself. If other people don't like me, then whatever. I'm out of here.

Everyone is flailing through this life without an owner's manual, with whatever modicum of grace and good humor we can manage.

I am just working on staying alive.

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

Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in America.

Every one of us in this country is based on you've gotta take care of yourself.

Being culturally ambiguous and having to deal with bullying made me strong and independent.

You should know how to take care of yourself. That's one of the things that I got from my mother most - she always said that if you don't take care of yourself, no one will.

I could never understand the herd mentality. I have always fought to do things my way and have stuck to that.

You do your own thing and you see if you survive.

That's really a part of my nature , it goes along with autonomy and independence of action - it's just that I don't identify with the local group, no matter what it is, whether it's the human species or the American democracy, the nation, the country, religions, political parties, nothing. None of these have my allegiance because I'm not really concerned with what they do. I don't feel a part of any of this.

Somebody says, 'Well, I can't be concerned about other people. About the best I can do is to take care of myself' Well, then you will always be poor.

I have learned that it is no one else’s job to take care of me but me.

I learned very soon to get along by myself.

Then teach me how to not care about someone who was everything to me. All I want is to know she's okay. Is that too much to ask?