Autonomy Quotes

“We are the creators of our own mythologies. We are the authors of our own lives.”

“The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.”

“Democracy is under assault. Privacy is the foundation of autonomy, which is the foundation of democracy.”

“I don't need permission, make my own decisions. That's my prerogative.”

“For even if you have not been my love, my body, as you say, my spirit has remained completely free.”

“If you don't have a plan for your own life, you'll be a part of someone else's.”

“I'm a control freak. I want to do what I want to do.”

“The patient is the one that has to make the decision.”

“The secret of taking counsel from another is not to let him force his conclusions upon you, but to use his mind to stir up your own.”

“I don't like to be told what to do. It's a big problem for me.”

“Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.”

“I'm not a person who has people tell me what to do.”

“Let woman be a person, and she will be a Christian, a Jew, a Mahometan, or an Infidel, as her reason and her feelings may dictate.”

“A work of art must be a world in itself, with its own laws, and its own life.”

“I would rather be the master of my own time and do my own work in my own way than be a king on a throne.”

“The only thing I'm an expert on is my own life.”

“I felt that it was time that I tell my story because I was sick of other people telling it for me.”

“The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.”

“Self-government is, in our judgment, the noblest and the best of all governments.”

“To be free is to be a law unto one's self.”