When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life. – Geoffrey F. Abert
It is very easy in the world to live by the opinion of the world. It is very easy in solitude to be self-centered. But the finished man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
You could say, in a vulgar Freudian way, that I am the unhappy child who escapes into books. Even as a child, I was most happy being alone. This has not changed. – Slavoj Zizek
I obviously take a lot of pride in what I do on the football field, because that has the ability to influence a lot of people. That puts smiles on peoples faces. That gives people a pep in their step on Monday morning when they go back to work. – Drew Brees
