Maria Edgeworth Quotes

I'll tell you one thing about me, and that is that I'm not to keen on being bossed around. If, say, my Mom tells me to empty the dishwasher, I like to wait a little bit, you know, not hop up and do it right away, because then it feels more like my own idea. That's a little problematic when you have an actual boss.

I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do.

I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.

This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.

Human beings aren't supposed to be controlled and told what to do.

The path of freedom is blocked much more by those who wish to obey than by those who wish to command.

I don't like people telling me what to do.

I have no interest in being told what to do.

I don't particularly like being told what to do.

Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.

I don't like to be told what to do at all. That's unfortunate because a lot of people come up with good ideas and can direct you.

Come, try, give any one of us, for instance, a little more independence, untie our hands, widen the spheres of our activity, relax the control and we...yes, I assure you...we should be begging to be under control again at once.

You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when you stray that you feel the restraining tug.

Power said to the world, "You are mine." The world kept it prisoner on her throne. Love said to the world, "I am thine." The world gave it the freedom of her house.

Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.

I can't imagine people telling me what to do - I just can't imagine it.

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than.

Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one's own way at all hazards.

Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think.

I own 100% of everything because I like to control what I do.

I can never consent to being dictated to.

I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do.

I know what you're going to say! 'They are men, and men should be free.' A free man is dangerous to himself and everyone else. Freedom should be left to those who can put it to good use.

I pick and choose what I want to do at any given time, and what not to do, importantly. My agents, I won't hear about any offers or options.

For the most part, I get to do what I want to do. If I want to play poker, I can. If I don't want to play poker, I don't have to.