Bo Derek Quotes

Good is towing the line, being behaved, being quiet, being passive, fitting in, being liked, and great is being messy, having a belly, speaking your mind, standing up for what you believe in, fighting for another paradigm, not letting people talk you out of what you know to be true.

I'm not someone else's mouthpiece. I'm not carrying water for anyone - whether that's the GOP, Fox News, or Christianity. I'm not doing anyone else's dirty work.

I don't like answering to other people's philosophies. I don't have any philosophy, I just believe in stuff. Either I believe in something or I don't. Like, I believe in the Rolling Stones but not in the Dave Clark Five. There's nothing philosophic about it. Whenever I'm linked with a movement, it pisses me off.

You have to let people express themselves in the way that they need to express themselves. You have to express yourself in any way possible, provided you're prepared to live with the consequences.

People relate to the spirit of the band, which is to live your way and succeed on your own terms. There's no hypocrisy in being successful and still railing against conformity.

Let's get with it, guys: You don't need to hear a Ministry song to get political. You should be political on your own. We're just a side project to society. So do I care what people think about me personally? No. I just do what I do.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

With a small town mentality, you make a decision very early on as to whether you are going to do everything by the book or just go your own way and not care.

I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.

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.

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.

Other than the laws of physics, rules have never really worked out for me.

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.

I'm not interested in meeting people's expectations, and I'm not interested in pleasing people.

I want three words: Woman, Atheist, Anarchist. That's me.

Do your own thing. Speak in your voice.

The hoop is there to remind us not to jump through it, not to submit to someone else's control.

We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.

Independence .... is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes.

I did what I did. I went against the grain. And I understand that I would be criticized. Those were all choices.

I'm not a yes person, whether it's about a tie choice or a joke.

The fact that we were encouraged to follow our conscience and not to follow the crowds - that's something I really miss. On the other hand, there were things that drove me nuts in the '60s. There was an aspect of the hippie movement that everyone is an artist, which is lethal.

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

I'm not a very good yes man, and I'm not very easily controlled.