Emily V. Gordon Quotes

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence.

The true woman will not be exponent of another, or allow another to be such for her. She will be her own individual self... Stand or fall by her own individual wisdom and strength.

I'm free to leave... go wherever I please, do whatever I want; I believe everyone should live like that. Don't be dependent on anyone else - man, woman, child, or dog.

I don't belong to anyone else but myself. I have to make my own decisions. Happiness is defined by me.

Women want to serve, and this is where their happiness lies: but the free spirit does not want to be served, and this is where hishappiness lies.

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.

You have to figure out ways to do things on your own. I do my own thing, and I don't pay much attention to what anyone else is doing.

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.

All I've ever needed is myself.

One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.

I am my own woman.

In America we tell our parents to bring their child home and put him or her in a crib; as they get older, children sleep in they own room not in Mom and Dad's room. What are we training them for? It's independence, because that's what being empowered is all about.

I don't think anyone has made me except myself. I think I have done it on my own.

It's not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It's not the end-all, be-all of my life.

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

Don't rely on men but don't shun them either.

I've never felt the need to be defined by a man.

I had always been a free spirit and always gotten what I wanted.

I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.

I don't need someone else's power. I'm obtaining my own.

Independence is happiness.

I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.