
I didn't go to film school. I was never an assistant or trainee on a film. I had not seen all those cameras. So I think it gave me a lot of freedom. —
Agnes Varda

The first duty of a man is to think for himself —
Jose Marti

Freedom only remains healthy if we think about the implications of what we do on a day-to-day basis. —
Rebecca MacKinnon

Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without
freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt. —
Bergen Evans

Inspiration is someone who gives you
freedom to think out of his own ways. He doesn't want you to believe in his own ideas. —
M.H. Rakib

I ache for my mother. I used to think her rules were the source of all my problems. Now I have all the freedom I want and feel completely lost. —
Katie French

Progress without the reasoned
freedom to think and act is regression to slavery. —
Richard John Neuhaus

I think I would never be ready to do a regular job. I couldn't go to the office every day at the same hour. I love my life. This freedom. —
Gaspard Ulliel

We have to reinvest, I think, in the idea of articulacy as a form of personal human freedom and power. —
Emma Thompson

I do not think we should be trying to save our freedom by killing the safeguards that keep our liberties. —
Eliot Engel

There are three absolute freedoms that we have that no one can take away;
freedom to think, freedom to love and freedom to feel the joys of life. —
Debasish Mridha

To be free, you must think. There is no way to follow blindly and to be free. —
John Kramer

What were doctors, lawyers, scientists? They were just men who allowed themselves to be deprived of their
freedom to think and act as individuals. —
Charles Bukowski

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. —
Coco Chanel

Real change isn't found in some new way to think about yourself, but in freedom from the need to think about yourself at all. —
Guy Finley

There must be freedom for all to live, to think, to worship, no book, no avenue must be closed. —
James Larkin

I'm beginning to think theres more freedom in North korea sometimes than there is in the United States. —
Mike Huckabee

The
freedom to think out loud on certain topics, without fear of being hounded into hiding or killed, has already been lost. —
Sam Harris

We all know we're going to die one day, but who wants to think about it? What's sustainable is joy, pleasure and freedom. —
Dean Ornish

I don't think the only place to fight for freedom is in the halls of Congress. —
Malcolm Wallop

I think it's a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power. —
Ai Weiwei

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves. —
Malcolm X

I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit. —
Eminem

I think the freedom to express one's views is more important than intellectual property. —
Shepard Fairey

They think the only road is where they're heading, but you and I were meant to sail upon the sea. —
Heather Dale

In this world, only your mind has true freedom and limitless opportunities,
so use it to think, as imaginatively as you can. —
P.R.N. Mohan

I think it is important to do what you believe in and ignore the critics. —
Janet Fish

They say to think within the box, but it's funny how those in the box never go anywhere, where those outside it, get to see the world. —
Anthony Liccione

I think that the sweetest freedom for a man on earth consists in being able to live, if he likes, without having the need to work. —
Salvador Dali

I would actually love to fly. I think that that would be probably the most exhilarating feeling, and as close as you can get to true freedom. —
Ali Larter

Personally, I don't think that having a water goddess for an ancestress is a guarantee of freedom against seasickness, nor come to that, shipwreck. —
Philippa Gregory

You cannot think of any greater gift that could come to a man or woman than the freedom of choice. —
David O. McKay

The personal
freedom to think & feel & speak authentically & to be conscious of so doing is the quality that distinguishes us as human. —
Rollo May

Freedom is being allowed to think your own thoughts and live your own life. —
John F. Kennedy

Give me
freedom to think and I'll give you my life. —
Miguel El Portugues

...the right to think, to speak, and to write in freedom and without fear is ultimately a more sacred thing than any religion. —
Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I think women can be just as sexist. Women can be misogynistic, too - more so, they have more freedom to do it. —
Jennifer Lawrence

I think: the powers like to talk about "freedom" in order to wash the population's brains. —
Vladimir Putin

The notion that somehow you're going to have freedom just kind of outbreak in Cuba, I think is false. —
Jeb Bush

I think I have a right to live my life the way I like. —
Malala Yousafzai

To think of humans as freedom-loving, you must be ready to view nearly all of history as a mistake. —
John N. Gray

True freedom is tolerant. It gives people the right to live and think in new ways. —
John Twelve Hawks
Freedom to think requires not only freedom of expression but also freedom from the threat of orthodoxy and being outcast and ostracized. —
Helen Foster Snow

The first step away from being manipulated, and towards a more autonomous outlook, is to stand back from a set of responses and think. —
Jonathan Glover

What would that be like, not to give a damn what the other women think? —
Beatriz Williams

If the sound of happy children is grating on your ears, I don't think it's the children who need to be adjusted. —
Stefan Molyneux

I think I appeal to people who are living in the margins because of their identity and who need to feel freedom somewhere. —
Margaret Cho

Rise like the hero you were born to be, or die the slave you think you are. —
Michael Joseph Murano

At least once a day, allow yourself the
freedom to think and dream for yourself. —
Albert Einstein

I think overall it is better for businesses to stay private because you have more latitude, more freedom. —
Michael Moritz

Ah yes, freedom! Even a hint of it, just the faintest hope of it, is enough to make one's spirit soar, don't you think? —
Anton Chekhov

Your freedom will be determined by whether you allow what I think and say about you to matter more than what anyone else thinks or says, —
Christine Caine

You think that if you blame, you will then be free of those problems, but blame cements you to your problems. —
Bryant McGill

I think it's important to give young people the freedom to follow their ideas and pursue their interests. —
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

You are only as free as you think you are and freedom will always be as real as you believe it to be. —
Robert M. Drake

Children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society. —
John Dewey

Losing your job releases you to think effectively and make rational decisions —
Sunday Adelaja

In true democracy every man and woman is taught to think for himself or herself. —
Mahatma Gandhi

I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition to sexual freedom is to write letters full of filthy words. —
Anna Quindlen

I don't think we should ever try to meet again; there's such freedom in that. Instead, let our words continue to meet. (See next postcard.) —
Rachel Cohn

Dare to think for yourself. —
Voltaire

To be able to think freely, a man must be certain that no consequence will follow whatever he writes. —
Ernest Renan

I think that the Internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government. —
Milton Friedman

I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom —
Ai Weiwei