Independent Quotes

It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance.

~ Mark Rydell

I've always been independent. I've always had courage. But I didn't always own my diabetes.

~ Mary Tyler Moore

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

~ John Locke

I love indie movies. I think that independent cinema is where it's at and where a lot of trends begin. It's where new filmmakers are breaking through.

~ Zooey Deschanel

Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies.

~ Kyra Sedgwick

There are lots of great movies coming out of the U.S. but it's not something I've ever really been interested in. They're great films but I much prefer the smaller independent films, which are more thought provoking and experimental.

~ Billie Piper

They seem much rarer now, those auteur films that come out of a director's imagination and are elliptical and hermetic. All those films that got me into independent cinema when I was watching it seem thin on the ground.

~ Toby Jones

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

~ Adlai E. Stevenson

Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.

~ William Mckinley

The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people.

~ Ezra Stiles

You can't develop a great car and sell it as an independent. You can develop a great car and make a deal with Mercedes.

~ Eric Fellner

Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head ever since the peace.

~ Henry Knox

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.

~ Václav Havel

I'd like a relationship that was like two tree trunks side by side, strong but independent.

~ Agyness Deyn

I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone.

~ Adam Levine

Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone.

~ Maya Angelou

In every case, the environmental hazards were made known only by independent scientists, who were often bitterly opposed by the corporations responsible for the hazards.

~ Barry Commoner

In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.

~ Karl Marx

Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom.

~ Don Henley

None of the constitutional, legal or other principles bars me from returning to the judiciary, since the judiciary remains independent if the actors remain independent and fair.

~ Khil Raj Regmi