Chuck Yeager Quotes

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

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

There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don't dance at all.

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

I could never take orders from anyone.

I am very into making up my own rules.

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

I don't take well to rules.

I couldn't follow nobody's rules.

We never want to toe the line.

I do not wish to be either governor nor governed!

Any kind of dictatorship, I'm uneasy. I just don't like dictators. I don't like crowds. I don't like hordes, and I don't like other people telling me what to do. This is probably a reaction against people telling me what to do when I was a kid. I won't join any group, espouse a cause against some other people.

All The Rules In This World Were Made By Someone No Smarter Than You. So Make Your Own.

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.

The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me.

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

I'm very big on doing my own thing.

I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.

I don't care what anyone says. It's my life, and I can do what I like.

I am a rank individualist.

When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.

Unless you hit your television with a sledgehammer, you're not going to be able to be an individual.

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

I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.

The American people ... have a stake in con-conformity, for they know that the American genius is non-conformist.