Independent directors practice independent thinking.

You may like me. You may not like me. But, one thing is for damned sure…you will never forget me.

When you're living with a mob of other people, it's hard not to fall into thinking like as they do, and then you ain't YOU no more.

I am selfish — you have already said so— and as a selfish man I think not of what others would do in my situation, but of what I intend doing myself.Alexandre Dumas. The Count of Monte Cristo (Kindle Locations 11677-11678).

My independent way of thinking is not wrong, it just rubs some people the wrong way, a blessing and a curse.

I do not want you to be in my dependent, I want you to be independent, the art of self-learning

I find it difficult to converse with robots.....Don't be afraid to be an independent thinker.

Tokyo is bigger than Kumamoto. And Japan is bigger than Tokyo. And even bigger than Japan... Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don't ever surrender yourself ― not to Japan, not to anything. You may think that what you're doing is for the sake of the nation, but let something take possession of you like that, and all you do is bring it down.

To some people independent though is heresy and critical thought blasphemy

To some people critical thinking means you mustn't be critical of them only others