“Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.”
Source: The Fountainhead
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Russian-American novelist and philosopher 1905–1982Related quotes
“To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair.”
Source: Suicide and the Soul
Source: The Dark Is Rising (1965-1977), The Dark Is Rising (1973), Chapter 3 “The Sign-Seeker” (p. 36)
“Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free”
Song lyrics, Me and Bobby McGee (1969)
"Me and Bobby McGee" another of her greatest hits, the song was actually written by Kris Kristofferson, and first released as sung by Roger Miller
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Context: Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing don’t mean nothing honey if it ain’t free...
And feeling good was easy, lord, when he sang the blues.
You know feeling good was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.
“Philosophy, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Devil's Dictionary and Other Works
“Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected.”
As quoted in Alice James, Her Brothers — Her Journal (1934).