Quotes About Assertiveness

Give me a man with a little fight in him, a man who calls me on my bullshit.

If you let a man cancel plans or decline to do things for you, you lose. You don't get what you want. It's pretty clear. Sure, he may be happy, he may say you're the coolest girl ever, but he's saying it because he got his way. He's calling you a Cool Girl to fool you! That's what men do: They try to make it sound like you are the cool girl so you will bow to their wishes.

The only line that pisses me off faster is when some drunk, ham-faced dude in a bar sees me trying to get past him and barks: Smile, it can't be that bad! Yeah, actually, it can, jackwad.

He was one of those guys who'd pronounce I'm a hugger as he came at you, neglecting to ask if the feeling was mutual. Marybeth

Sometimes guys, they make things hard for us just because they can.

Give me a man with a little fight in him, a man who calls me on my bullshit. (But who also kind of likes my bullshit.) And yet: Don't land me in one of those

She was a real talker, said whatever come into her mind. In a good way. Mostly." She was silent again for a few beats, but I could see her thinking back behind her eyes so I said nothing. "You know, I thought maybe she'd be a lawyer or college debater or something someday, because she was just Ã¢â'¬Â¦ she never stopped to measure her words. Like me. I think everything I say is stupid. Ann thought everyone should hear everything she had to say.

It's not stand by your man anymore, it's divorce the fucker.

It feels nice, after my recent series of nervous, respectful post-feminist men, to be a territory.

I love that I am a woman with booby traps.

Never use the passive voice. Do not say, 'It will get done.' Say, 'I'll do it,' and then stick to a solid, unwavering deadline

You should write about take no-shit women like me. Girls need to know they can break the rules p.79

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn.

Don't patronize me or I'll break your face - Damian Wayne (Prime Earth)

I don't know means NO! I don't know means I'm too cowardly to tell you the truth because I can't deal with confrontation. I don't know means please do the dirty work for me because I don't want to hurt your feelings even more then I already have.

You already have one asshole. You don't need another.

Hey—do you remember that movie when the girl waited around for the guy to ask her out, then made excuses when he didn't? Then she slept with him when they were both drunk, and basically just hung around until they were kind of dating? Then

Sometimes the lion must roar to remind the horse of his fear.

Sometimes the lion must roar, just to remind the horse of his fear.

the lion must roar, just to remind the horse of his fear.

I'm from the famous nation of Fuck You,' she retorted. 'Would you like to hear our national anthem?

Tell me to mind my own business, tell me to go fuck myself, to piss, off, go on, say it, but don't tell me nothing's wrong.

Am I worried people will say I'm repeating myself? Sure. One thought I had was to publish it as a novel but eventually I just decided to do what I wanted to do.