--- title: "Famous Autonomy Quotes" description: "Browse 418 Autonomy quotes by 345 authors. Discover the best Autonomy sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13e/geraldine-brooks-1324_amount_i-d-gotten-myself-into-a-kind-of-journal_1875137.png" --- > [I'd gotten myself into a kind of journalism that wasn't really compatible with rearing an infant. I'd been a foreign correspondent for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/i-d-gotten-myself-into-a-kind-of-journalism-that-wasn-t-really/) [Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13e/geraldine-brooks-1324_amount_i-d-gotten-myself-into-a-kind-of-journal_1875137.png) > [It is now clear to me that the family is a microcosm of the world. To understand the world, we can study…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/it-is-now-clear-to-me-that-the-family-is-a-microcosm-of-the-world-to/) [Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/virginia-satir-11386_autonomy_it-is-now-clear-to-me-that-the-family-is_2715700.jpg) > [Throughout the last century there were multiple attempts at giving Afghan women more autonomy, to change marriage laws, to abolish the practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/throughout-the-last-century-there-were-multiple-attempts-at-giving/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3a/khaled-hosseini-251_abolish_throughout-the-last-century-there-were-m_39166.png) > [William O. Douglas married not one, not two, not three, but four hot blondes. He was not faithful to any of them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-feldman/william-o-douglas-married-not-one-not-two-not-three-but-four-hot/) [Noah Feldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-feldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/noah-feldman-12383_about_william-o-douglas-married-not-one-not-tw_1680699.png) > [If you're in a popular TV show, you can attract attention, and I like to help focus that on stories that deserve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-goldwyn/if-you-re-in-a-popular-tv-show-you-can-attract-attention-and-i-like/) [Tony Goldwyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-goldwyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/tony-goldwyn-11587_attention_if-you-re-in-a-popular-tv-show-you-can-a_1625104.jpg) > [Placing the burden on the individual to break down doors in finding better education for a child is attractive to conservatives because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/placing-the-burden-on-the-individual-to-break-down-doors-in-finding/) [Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cca/jonathan-kozol-2747_ambition_placing-the-burden-on-the-individual-to_2152640.png) > [The concept of need is often looked upon rather unfavorably by economists, in contrast with the concept of demand. Both, however, have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-e-boulding/the-concept-of-need-is-often-looked-upon-rather-unfavorably-by/) [Kenneth E. Boulding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-e-boulding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9a/kenneth-e-boulding-3728_autonomy_the-concept-of-need-is-often-looked-upon_462369.jpg) > [Nothing is more important than restoring a high degree of autonomy to educational experiences so that those who grow up in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-a-falk/nothing-is-more-important-than-restoring-a-high-degree-of-autonomy-to/) [Richard A. Falk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-a-falk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/768/richard-a-falk-8295_autonomy_nothing-is-more-important-than-restoring_158183.jpg) > [From the beginning, there has been a tension in the reception of the Kantian idea of autonomy. If you emphasize the 'nomos'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-w-wood/from-the-beginning-there-has-been-a-tension-in-the-reception-of-the/) [Allen W. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-w-wood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc2/allen-w-wood-2748_autonomy_from-the-beginning-there-has-been-a-tens_3086356.jpg) > [The main one is that these apparel jobs are a very important means for young women in these countries to gain autonomy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pietra-rivoli/the-main-one-is-that-these-apparel-jobs-are-a-very-important-means/) [Pietra Rivoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pietra-rivoli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/pietra-rivoli-49028_activism_the-main-one-is-that-these-apparel-jobs_263766.jpg) > [Seen in retrospect, evolution as a whole doubtless had a general direction, from simple to complex, from dependence on to relative independence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodosius-dobzhansky/seen-in-retrospect-evolution-as-a-whole-doubtless-had-a-general/) [Theodosius Dobzhansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodosius-dobzhansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ec/theodosius-dobzhansky-24932_autonomy_seen-in-retrospect-evolution-as-a-whole_3116723.jpg) > [“A basic theme for the anarch is how man, left to his own devices, can defy superior forces – whether state, society,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/a-basic-theme-for-the-anarch-is-how-man-left-to-his-own-devices-can/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/062/ernst-junger-4532_anarch_a-basic-theme-for-the-anarch-is-how-man_2598990.jpg) > [The Bundists did not wait for the Messiah, nor did they plan to leave for Palestine. They believed that Poland was their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marek-edelman/the-bundists-did-not-wait-for-the-messiah-nor-did-they-plan-to-leave/) Marek Edelman [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/marek-edelman-67832_autonomy_the-bundists-did-not-wait-for-the-messia_1663054.jpg) > [The EU is an alliance that the Americans control, in which the EU of course has a great deal of autonomy, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-eu-is-an-alliance-that-the-americans-control-in-which-the-eu-of/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/tariq-ali-2958_alliances_the-eu-is-an-alliance-that-the-americans_386553.png) > [My parents have a wonderful marriage, but they have been together since my mother was 12, married when they were just teenagers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-valenti/my-parents-have-a-wonderful-marriage-but-they-have-been-together/) [Jessica Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-valenti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65a/jessica-valenti-1960_amount_my-parents-have-a-wonderful-marriage-but_672213.png) > [The Kosovars were granted autonomy at the end of World War II, but then aspiring president Milosevic had the autonomy revoked in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-junger/the-kosovars-were-granted-autonomy-at-the-end-of-world-war-ii-but/) [Sebastian Junger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-junger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/152/sebastian-junger-4689_address_the-kosovars-were-granted-autonomy-at-th_2978038.jpg) > [My best teachers, the teachers who had the deepest effect on my reading, combined the two. They would mix required reading with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-luen-yang/my-best-teachers-the-teachers-who-had-the-deepest-effect-on-my/) [Gene Luen Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-luen-yang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/gene-luen-yang-22702_autonomy_my-best-teachers-the-teachers-who-had-th_360780.jpg) > [Assimilating college sports into the university would prevent them from being run as autonomies or fiefdoms. And you don't need an NCAA…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-jenkins/assimilating-college-sports-into-the-university-would-prevent-them/) Sally Jenkins [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/sally-jenkins-69100_active_assimilating-college-sports-into-the-uni_969310.jpg) ## Top authors on Autonomy - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-daniel-h-pink-26450.jpg) Daniel H. Pink 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autonomy/daniel-h-pink/) - [Richie Norton 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autonomy/richie-norton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thom-mayne-90199.jpg) Thom Mayne 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autonomy/thom-mayne/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autonomy/#itemlist", "name": "Autonomy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd gotten myself into a kind of journalism that wasn't really compatible with rearing an infant. I'd been a foreign correspondent for a long time and had this subspecialty in covering catastrophes. 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