Free Quotes

"Once people see this 'Unplugged,' I just want them to feel the spontaneity, to feel passionate... I want you to see another side of me, that's free, and feel where my head is, where whatever happens, happens. I want you to feel inspired"

Alicia Keys, Musician

"I'm interested in how artists and writers do this, using art as therapy. Escaping into the worlds we create. We're all victims and few of us are truly free"

David Lloyd, Artist

"Our true nature is free of any and all notions of gender, of any notions of difference whatsoever"

Andrew Cohen, Writer

"January 30th will be a historic day for the Middle East and the world. The Iraqi people will take the next step toward a free and democratic society as they place their votes for a transitional Iraqi government"

Dana Rohrabacher, Politician

"I do not pretend to know precisely what is on foot there; but I think it pretty evident that there is a very free communication between that country and this body, and unless I am greatly mistaken, I see the dwarfish medium by which that communication is kept up"

Benjamin F. Wade, Politician

"Jimi Hendrix played loud and free, Sergeant Pepper was real to me"

Al Stewart, Musician

"This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though we're free on paper and in law, I'm not going to allow you to enslave me on film, in celluloid, for all to see"

Angela Bassett, Actress

"Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"The essence of a democracy is a free electorate"

Arlen Specter, Politician

"When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England's back forever and free Europe itself. It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international"

Agnes Smedley, Journalist

"An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose"

Langston Hughes, Poet

"Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world"

Lady Gaga, Musician

"We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free"

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Philosopher

"A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man"

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Philosopher

"I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life"

J. K. Rowling, Author

"Make your free men and guests sit as far as possible at tables on either side, not four here and three there"

Robert Grosseteste, Statesman

"I always won in my imagination. I always hit the game-winning shot, or I hit the free throw. Or if I missed, there was a lane violation, and I was given another one"

Mike Krzyzewski, Coach

"I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition"

Tallulah Bankhead, Actress

"If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle"

Jack Adams, Athlete

"The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer"

Joyce Cary, Novelist

"For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous creation and therefore continuous change and insecurity"

Joyce Cary, Novelist

"We have the duty of formulating, of summarizing, and of communicating our conclusions, in intelligible form, in recognition of the right of other free minds to utilize them in making their own decisions"

Ronald Fisher, Mathematician

"The Reformers, therefore, as instruments in the hands of God, in delivering the Church from bondage to prelates, did not make it a tumultuous multitude, in which every man was a law to himself, free to believe, and free to do what he pleased"

Charles Hodge, Theologian

"You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology"

Deepak Chopra, Philosopher

"I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors"

Robert W. Service, Poet

"If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.'"

Robin Quivers, Celebrity

"It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without risk, so that we might be free to protect our oversea interests, independently of the influence and the choice of other Sea Powers"

Bernhard von Bulow, Statesman

"I can't work completely out of my imagination. I must put my foot in a bit of truth; and then I can fly free"

Andrew Wyeth, Artist

"The personality problem is so tough when you're not able to pay people. It's bad enough when you can pay people, but, when you have people working for free, often their motivation is diminished considerably"

John Badham, Director

"I think Barack Obama is a socialist. I think he cares for his country - don't get me wrong about that - but I think he truly misunderstands what this country was based upon, the values that America was based upon, which was free enterprise and having the ability to risk your capital and having a chance to have a return on your investment"

Rick Perry, Politician

"There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library"

Martin Lewis Perl, Physicist

"The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it's a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free"

Charles R. Swindoll, Clergyman

"On the other hand, if the free world is concerned with how a new Palestinian leader governs, then the peace process will have a real chance to succeed"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"Of course, there can be serious injustices within free societies"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"I am optimistic that peace can be achieved in the region because I believe that every society on earth can be free and that if freedom comes to the Middle East, there can be peace"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

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