Neena Gupta Quotes

I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me.

I have always told my daughters not to be dependent on anyone in any capacity.

Even though I wasn't sure I could make it as an indie, almost immediately I felt as if a weight had been lifted off me. To be as independent as I am and to be able to support myself is incredibly satisfying. Everything I want to do myself, I can.

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

If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman.

No man has ever paid a single bill in my life - I didn't want it.

Self-sufficiency is vitally important to my self-respect. I never wanted to rely on my parents in that way, because I knew that if I got used to it, I'd be reliant all my life.

I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.

I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

I pay all my own bills... I want to choose the man. I do not permit men to choose me.

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn't the father of my children, to support me financially.

There is not a woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence.

I try to be as independent as possible.

I was always an independent, even when I had partners.

Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.

I majored in political science and English, but starting from the age of 17, I've paid for everything that I've had in my life. It was a personal choice. My parents would have helped me in any way whatsoever, but for me, you know what? I can make my own way.

I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.

I do not have to depend on a man to give me bread.

The one thing I wanted was independence. And I realised to have that independence, you needed financial independence.

I'm going to do what I want, get my money and go home.

I'm an independent girl. I come from a family where we were given freedom.

This work thing really has a specific purpose for me, which is to be an independent human being who doesn't rely on a guy or a family to be able to support myself. It's not about showing somebody that I'm successful. It's about having a wider breadth of option.

I'm not beholden to anyone. I'm not waiting for a pension or a carriage clock.