Independence quotes

“Your life is your own. You have a contract with your wife? You have certain things you do jointly? Bond there. And there are other things, and those things are yours. And you needn't feel ashamed, you needn't feel that you're being untrue. Or that she would abandon you if she knew. This is your life.”
Al Pacino - Ricky Roma

“Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone.”

Clint Eastwood - Walt Kowalsky

“Don't even think about bullying me, old man. I'm not a member of your gentleman's club. I don't have to play by the rules.”

Gerard McSorley - Sir Kenneth Curtiss

“You see, Pidge, when you're footloose and collar-free, well, you take nothing but the best.”
Larry Roberts - Tramp

“- Marylin Rexroth: Whilst I don't find this terribly amusing, I am delighted that you found this material. This is going to be my passport to wealth, independence... and freedom.
- Gus Petch: Sounds like to me that you gonna nail his ass.”

Catherine Zeta-Jones - Marylin
Cedric the Entertainer - Gus Petch

“- Jess Tyler: I am her daddy, and she is staying here with me!
- Billy Roy: Not like she wants to stay, old man, but right now, she wants to go for a ride, so that's what we're gonna do. Sit down and have a glass of prune juice, loosen up.”

Stacy Keach - Jess Tyler
John O'Conner White - Billy Roy

What the fuck happened to the Delta I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst. "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Bluto, we might get in trouble". Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Wormer, he's a dead man!... (continue)(continue reading)
John Belushi - John Blutarsky

“I think the hardest thing about relationships with men is that they always want to be the ones in control. The minute a woman asserts herself and starts doing things that she wants to do, all that sweetheart business goes right out the window.”
Dana Plato - Jill Martin

“I'm a Texas woman, which means I don't need the help of a man to keep things running.”

Rachel Griffiths - Lorri Morris

“- Hudson Hawk: Anna, we're supposed to be saving you.
- Anna Baragli: I know. I got bored so I saved myself.”
Andie MacDowell - Anna Baragli
Bruce Willis - Hudson Hawk

“- Batman: Do you still follow your dad's orders?
- Andrea Beaumont: The way I see it, the only one in this room controlled by his parents is you.”
Kevin Conroy - Batman
Dana Delany - Andrea Beaumont

“Don't you get it? I'm trying to get away from you! I'm not a little kid anymore! Now just leave me alone, and get your own life!”

Jason Marsden - Max Goof

“You earn your independence. You don't take it at the expense of others.”
Judith Ivey - Blanche

“You can do what you like! You can take apart the body you put together, you can take away the life you gave me, but you cannot have me. Not ever. Not even if you murder me and raise me up a thousand thousand times, you cannot have me.”

Jennifer Beals - Eva

“I've had it with men. They are so fascinated by their own crap. It took me four years to get the last one out. These days my idea of a hot date is a long shower by myself before bed.”
Alfre Woodard - Lily

“- Charlie Driggs: What are you doing?
- Audrey 'Lulu' Hankel: I'm setting you free.
- Charlie Driggs: Maybe I don't want to be free.
- Audrey 'Lulu' Hankel: Maybe you're not.”
Jeff Daniels - Charles Driggs
Melanie Griffith - Audrey Hankel

“I don't know. I can't figure women out. Today, they're... independent. They only think about themselves. Why, during sex, Vanessa, she used to scream out her own name!”
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon

“Oh, it's awesome, Jellyman. The little dudes are just eggs, we leave 'em on a beach to hatch, and then, coo-coo-cachoo, they find their way back to the big ol' blue.”
Andrew Stanton - Crush

“- Ray Charles: I wear hard sole shoes so I can hear the echo of my footsteps off the wall. When I pass by an open doorway the sound changes.
- Jeff Brown: Wow, that's cool.
- Ray Charles: You gotta learn pretty quick if you want to get around on your own.”

Jamie Foxx - Ray Charles
Clifton Powell - Jeff Brown

“- Jake Tyler Brigance: I need a drink.
- Lucien Wilbanks: At three o'clock in the afternoon? What would your wife think?
- Jake Tyler Brigance: I'm my own man, Lucien. I drink when I want to.
- Lucien Wilbanks: When did she leave town?
- Jake Tyler Brigance: This morning.”
Matthew McConaughey - Jake Tyler Brigance
Donald Sutherland - Lucien Wilbanks

“- Florence: Can I handle this my way?
- Jim: You cannot, I'm still editor of this newspaper.
- Florence: Fine, you said I was fired... well, I quit, you give the assignment to somebody else.
- Jim: Wait a minute, come here.
- Florence: No, I'm through.
- Jim: Come here, sob sister, all right, go ahead, do it your own way.”

Glenda Farrell - Florence
Frank McHugh - Jim

“I've never belonged to anyone!”
Megan Follows - Anna Shirley Cuthbert

“- Katy: You're gonna end up with no friends at all!
- Tricky: I don't need friends! I'm my own man, just like Liberace!”
Emmanuelle Sallet - Katy
Jerome Benton - Tricky

“- Indiana Jones: You know what your problem is, princess? You're too used to getting your own way.
- Willie Scott: And you're too proud to admit that you're crazy about me, Dr. Jones!”
Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones
Kate Capshaw - Willie Scott

“- Kyle: I've lived with dozens of different families. And they always seem to send me away just when I'm getting comfortable. But you know what?
- Andy Barclay: What?
- Kyle: Everytime it happens, it just makes me stronger. Because it reminds me that the only one I can count on is myself. Okay, and now you have to learn that. I know it sounds...” (continue)(continue reading)
Christine Elise - Kyle
Alex Vincent - Andy Barclay