I don't think there's any independent cartoonist whose stuff I don't like or respect in at least some way or another. We're all marginal laborers - we're practically medical oddities - so I don't see why we can't all be nice to each other.

Money has transformed every watchdog every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen.

Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.

I've always wanted to be independent and answer for myself. That probably is the part of me I would class to be feminist. I'd like to have children marriage I have a bit of an issue with.

My parents had a wonderful marriage but it was a very dependent relationship. My mother was entirely dependent on my father because that's how it was in those days.

Clearly if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way the country can move forward on this issue. Let all those who have a view on this subject place their trust in the Scottish people and let Scotland decide.

Of course the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of man's life in Europe or America and that everything depends upon it.

I like being independent. I don't think that marriage means you're not independent but right now I'm very comfortable and I'm probably the happiest I've ever been. I feel solid. I feel safe.

Independence doesn't - doesn't equate to moderates. Millions of independents are pro-life. Millions of independents believe marriage is between a man and a woman.

I was looking very much for a career. My second marriage to Stan Herman had ended and I wanted very much to be independent not take alimony from him be on my own do the right thing.

I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent go ahead. You can't have it all.

Spending only what the country can afford rewarding savings encouraging independence supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.

Perhaps my problem in marriage-and it is the problem of many women-was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk yet both needs are important to a marriage.

To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it and when the time comes to let it go to let it go.

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and in a sense tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother and to become fully independent.

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young the habituation of the middle-aged and the mutual dependence of the old.

The value of life lies not in the length of days but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years but on your will.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young compassionate with the aged sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.

Are hackers a threat? The degree of threat presented by any conduct whether legal or illegal depends on the actions and intent of the individual and the harm they cause.

Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom.

The country remains dependent on oil. But as we are now learning oil is becoming increasingly scarce.

The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.