Saul Alinsky Quotes

I guess I'm just fiercely independent.

I never liked being told what to do, so even in school plays, I never liked being an actor.

I don't like people telling me what to do. I'm very independent.

I can't imagine people telling me what to do - I just can't imagine it.

I am alone, some people help me, but, basically, I can do what I want.

Foundational autonomy asserts instead that in the most fundamental practical sense, I am my own creator, which means that at the core, I am alone.

I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do.

I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do - in any way.

I have a very independent spirit.

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.

Unless men are taught to rely upon themselves they can never be truly worthy of the name of freemen.

I am my own party.

I have a fiercely independent spirit.

I am a fiercely independent person, and I am no one's pawn.

We always did everything ourselves.

I'm never going to let someone else tell me what I can and can't do.

We've always been do-it-yourself. In that we've had complete control.

An individualist is a man who says: 'I will not run anyone's life - nor let anyone run mine. I will not rule or be ruled. I will not be a master nor a slave. I will not sacrifice myself to anyone - nor sacrifice anyone to myself.'

Madonna has total control over her life, and not many women have that.

I like being in control of making all the major decisions pertaining to my projects. That's something that you don't get to do in a group. Everything has to be voted on - every minor decision.

I can do whatever I want.

I'm trying to do it my way. For me to be happy in the business means I have to do it myself.

I enjoy making the decisions.

I want to go out on my terms.

If there was any one achievement, it would be that we've have done it on our own terms.