Able Quote by William Safire

Being able to depend on someone doesn't mean you're dependent on them.

— Sarah Rees Brennan

DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

— Ambrose Bierce

I'm not the kind of person that likes to be dependent.

— Iggy Pop

All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent, you feel…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Children who have learned to be comfortably dependent can become not only comfortably independent but also comfortable with having people depend on them. They…

— Fred Rogers

You must be a Dependable person - a person that you can depend on. And at the same time, a Independent person- a person…

— Mia

“Everyone really is an independent person. When we become a dependent person, we lose our independence. A good part of our work is to…

— Art Hochberg

“. . . when a mother shares adult concerns with her daughter, a healthy dependence becomes impossible; the daughter feels insecure and alone because…

— Karyl McBride

“jettison a dependent”

— Steve Bruun

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

— John Gay

It's humiliating to be dependent, anyway, but it's still a poorer pass to have no one to depend on.

— John Wyndham

A child who thinks he can't do anything on his own eventually can't.

— Lenore Skenazy