Errol Morris Quotes

I am responsible for me. I can kind of take care of what I need to do and should do what I like to do.

Ultimately, I play for myself, and I take responsibility for my own actions.

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.

I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.

I had difficulty working for other people.

You have to be concerned with yourself because if you're not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be.

All of the things that have happened in my life have been self-propelled. I can't blame anybody else or point a finger at anybody.

I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.

I work hard and support myself.

When you go independent, if you fail, you're totally responsible for it. If you succeed, you're totally responsible for it. You are responsibly for who you are... and what you do and what you make.

I'm not one to be like, 'What is everybody doing? Let me do that!' I just do what I want.

I drank because I enjoyed it. I was happy sitting at the end of the bar on my own, reading the paper. I've always enjoyed my own company, and that stems from riding alone. I never trained with anyone - and I still don't. I've always been happy with my own thoughts, and that sums me up as an individual-pursuit rider.

I never borrowed money from Mom. I lived at home, but my parents never helped me. I worked hard and moved out. I treated my blog like a business; hard work is important.

Yeah, I just handle my business.

As you get a little older, you understand what you need to do to be good, regardless of who likes it or doesn't like it. It's my career. And at the end of the day, it's going to be how I think I can do it best.

We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker already braced for action, who cannot live without working and being active.

Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone besides yourselves. And those, Ananda, who either now or after I am dead, Shall be a lamp unto themselves, Shall betake themselves as no external refuge, But holding fast to the truth as their lamp, Holding fast to the truth as their refuge, Shall not look for refuge to anyone else besides themselves, It is they who shall reach to the very topmost height; But they must be anxious to learn.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

I built websites for myself. I didn't want to work for anyone else. I came from a science background, so I approached things fairly analytically.

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

I don't need government to be successful.

When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself.

There's always a lot of talk about motivation to race, but nobody really knows what I do or what I think apart from myself, so I don't really care what people think.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.