“These niggaz ain't thugs, the real thugs is the government. Don't matter if you Independent, Democrat or Republican, Niggaz politickin' the street, get into beef, Start blastin'...now a new cat is executive chief.” IfsRealMatterGovernmentStreetsRepublicanCatIndependentDemocratHip HopRapChiefsExecutivesBeefThug Author:Talib Kweli
“There exists, if I am not mistaken, an entire world which is the totality of mathematical truths, to which we have access only with our mind, just as a world of physical reality exists, the one like the other independent of ourselves, both of divine creation.” IfsWorldMindRealityTruthMistakeCreationDivineMathematicsIndependentMathAccessMathematicalMistakenTotality Author:Charles Hermite
“If design is to be ecologically responsible, it must be independent of concern for the gross national product.” IfsDesignProductsConcernResponsibleIndependentGross Author:Victor Papanek
“To those advocates of independent paper moneys who also champion the free market, I would address this simple question: "Why don't you advocate the unlimited freedom of each individual to manufacture dollars?" If dollars are really and properly things-in-themselves, why not let everyone manufacture them as they manufacture wheat and baby food?” IfsIndividualFreedomSimpleMoneyBabyPaperIndependentDollarsChampionAddressesWhy NotUnlimitedFree MarketWheat Author:Murray Rothbard
“My case clearly demonstrates the need for comprehensive whistleblower protection act reform. If we had had a real process in place, and reports of wrongdoing could be taken to real, independent arbiters rather than captured officials, I might not have had to sacrifice so much to do what at this point even the President seems to agree needed to be done.” IfsNeedsRealDoneSeemsMightProcessPresidentCasesTakenSacrificeNeededIndependentAgreeProtectionReformOfficialsReportsComprehensiveCapturedWrongdoingArbiterWhistleblowers Author:Edward Snowden
“I am fiercely independent and I probably wouldn't be if it wasn't for the way in which I was brought up” IfsWayIndependentFierce Author:Tracey Emin
“I wake up feeling clear and energized in the morning What is most profound for me about this light eating pattern is the flow of cosmic energy I feel coursing through my body. During the day it feels as if joy is simply running through every cell independent of external factors.” IfsFeelsFeelingsBodyLightRunningJoyEnergyMorningClearEatingFlowWake UpIndependentProfoundPatternsFactorsCellsCosmicCosmic Energy Book:Conscious Eating Source: Conscious Eating
“If things do not exist as fixed, independent entities, then how can they die? Our notion of death as the sudden expiration of that which was once so real starts to unwind. If things do not exist in their own right and are flickering rather than static, then we can no longer fear their ultimate demise. We may fear their instability, or their emptiness, but the looming threat of death starts to seem absurd. Things are constantly dying, we find. Or rather, they are constantly in flux, arising and passing away with each moment of consciousness.” IfsMayRealMomentsSeemsDiesConsciousnessDyingUltimateIndependentThreatNotionPassingAbsurdPassingsFixedEmptinessEntityStaticPassing AwayDemiseInstabilityFluxUnwindLooming Author:Mark Epstein
“I am convinced of the afterlife, independent of theology. If the world is rationally constructed, there must be an afterlife” IfsWorldIndependentConvincedTheologyAfterlife Author:Kurt Gödel
“As a net is made up of a series of ties, so everything in this world is connected by a series of ties. If anyone thinks that the mesh of a net is an independent, isolated thing, he is mistaken. It is called a net because it is made up of a series of interconnected meshes, and each mesh has its place and responsibility in relation to other meshes.” IfsThinkingWorldMadeResponsibilityThis WorldRelationIndependentSeriesConnectedPlanningTiesIsolatedMistakenInterconnectedMesh Author:Gautama Buddha
“If the tide of defamation and abuse shall turn, and my administration come to be praised, future Vice-Presidents who may succeed to the Presidency may feel some slight encouragement to pursue an independent course.” IfsFeelsMayTurnsCoursesPresidentSucceedAbuseEncouragementIndependentVicesPursueAdministrationTidesPresidencyVice PresidentDefamation Author:John Tyler
“Inevitably anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes authority or established conventions': a rebel. If enough people come to agree with, and follow, the Rebel, we now have a Devil. Until, of course, still more people agree. And then, finally, we have --- Greatness.” PeopleIfsMindStillsEnoughPhilosophyCoursesGreatnessAuthorityDevilIndependentAgreeRebelConventions Author:Aleister Crowley
“If Lee Harvey Oswald had nothing to do with President Kennedy's assassination and was framed....this otherwise independent and defiant would-be revolutionary, who disliked taking orders from anyone, turned out to be the most willing and cooperative frame-ee in the history of mankind!! Because the evidence of his guilt is so monumental, that he could have just as well gone around with a large sign on his back declaring in bold letters 'I Just Murdered President John F. Kennedy'!!!” IfsWellsWould BeOrderPresidentGoneMankindWillingEvidenceLettersIndependentGuiltRevolutionaryAssassinationFramedDeclaringCooperativesHarveyPresident KennedyPresident John F KennedyPresident Kennedy's Assassination Author:Vincent Bugliosi