Alan Rickman Quotes

The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible. Or, what's impossible? What's a fantasy?

I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story.

You can write your own history.

There's a lot of times when I feel nihilistic, and lose hope, like I'm just lost in the world. But there's a lot of times when I can kinda be in control of destiny.

People can dress you the way they want, they can do your makeup the way they want, but they can never take away your voice.

So what it means is when you don't believe in the inevitable, it means you don't expect that that's how things have to turn out. You can change them.

Life ceases to be so oppressive: we are free to give our own lives meaning and purpose, free to redeem our suffering by making something of it.

Ultimately what I end up writing about is helplessness and the flipside of that, empowerment.

We are not rootless vagabonds. We are on our way to power.

With it we can create our own destiny. It’s a sovereignty issue. It’s our land, and we’ll do what we want with it.

Do we not own our own bodies?

I think women want freedom. They want to be empowered. They want hope. They want love; they want all the things that I want, and I'm not afraid to say those things and act on them, and I think that's why they identify with me.

I wanted to be in control of my own destiny.

I like being in control of my own destiny, really.

I've always been a guy that liked to stay in control of my own destiny.

Choice is destiny's soul mate.

So our future is in our own hands. What greater free will do we need?

I really like writing music. That's kind of like my little hobby. I like that because sometimes you don't really have any control when you're an actor, over what you're doing next, and everything is kind of decided by other people. You're always waiting to hear from people.

For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.

If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.

We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.

If you give people an opportunity for self government and freedom, most people will reach for freedom

We're seeking sovereignty because it is absolutely essential, like the ripening of the fruit, like reaching adulthood, like the opening of river into the ocean. It is necessary because we are a people.

I have no power, no independence.

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.