Independence quotes
130 independence quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: Glengarry Glen Ross
“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.”
- From the movie: Gran Torino
- From the movie: The Constant Gardener
“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.”
- From the movie: Lady and the Tramp
“You see, Pidge, when you're footloose and collar-free, well, you take nothing but the best.”
- From the movie: Intolerable Cruelty
- From the movie: Butterfly
- From the movie: Animal House
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)
- From the movie: Different Strokes
“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.”
- From the movie: The Rookie
“I'm a Texas woman, which means I don't need the help of a man to keep things running.”
- From the movie: Hudson Hawk
“- Hudson Hawk: Anna, we're supposed to be saving you.
- Anna Baragli: I know. I got bored so I saved myself.” - From the movie: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
- From the movie: An Extremely Goofy Movie
- From the movie: Brighton Beach Memoirs
“You earn your independence. You don't take it at the expense of others.”
- From the movie: The Bride
“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.”
- From the movie: Mumford
“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.”
- From the movie: Something Wild
“- 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.” - From the movie: Back to School
“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!”
- From the animation: Finding Nemo
“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.”
- From the movie: Ray
- From the movie: A Time to Kill
- From the movie: Mystery of the Wax Museum
“- 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.” - From the TV Series: Anne of Green Gables
“I've never belonged to anyone!”
- From the movie: Under the Cherry Moon
“- 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!” - From the movie: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- From the movie: Child's Play 2
“- 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)
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