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Quotes About Assertiveness

I'm not an infant, Georgie." "I can see that." His bedclothes left little to the imagination.
~ Kathleen Baldwin
The use of the passive voice to disguise one's role in the making of a decision is imprecise and obfuscatory. You're a better adman than that. Active verbs! Why not say 'I refuse to pay you fairly'?
~ Kathleen Rooney
When a woman changes her hair what she's really saying to fate is, no. I refuse to be defined by those terms.
~ Kathleen Tessaro
when in doubt, act like you know what you're doing, and you'll be treated like you do.
~ Kathleen Tessaro
Otulissa swelled up to twice her normal size. 'Well, SPRINK ON YOUR SPRONK!
~ Kathryn Lasky
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
~ Kathy Collins
You can't leave footprints if you walk on tiptoes." ? Marion C. Blakely
~ Kathy Collins
Don't let the noise of other people's opinions drown your inner voice. – Steve Jobs
~ Kathy Collins
If he wants breakfast in bed, tell him to sleep in the kitchen.
~ Kathy Lette
Show me a woman with both feet planted firmly on the ground - and I'll show you a girl who can't get her knickers off.
~ Kathy Lette
Mae West wrote her novels to disprove the accepted notion that, as a woman, it was considered stupid to be too clever. In a man's world, she had what it took to take what they had.
~ Kathy Lette
Whitney eyed him, wary of a wolfdog sneak attack. Please. Recently, I'd been working on Coop's begging. Kit had put his foot down—no four-leggers tableside during meals. No exceptions. Coop obeyed me most of the time. When it suited him. I didn't mind if Coop ruffled Whitney's feathers—she was a self-important, dog-hating whiner. But it put Kit in a tight spot. Best not to make waves. Another accommodation for the bimbo.
~ Kathy Reichs
Whitney smacked Coop's snout while simultaneously pressing herself deeper into the couch. Coop fixed her with an unblinking ice-blue stare, gray-brown fur bristling along his spine. "Tory!" Whitney squealed. "He's going to attack!" "Maybe." I walked into the kitchen and snagged a Diet Coke from the fridge. "Try to protect your throat.
~ Kathy Reichs
and Hester spoke out,
~ Katie Flynn
Do you want me to ride you like a rented mule, or do you prefer to be Mr. Missionary Position? I'm fine with wither, so it doesn't matter to me.
~ Katie MacAlister
I am a dragon. We do not nag. We suggest.
~ Katie MacAlister
You really do think you're the cat's pajamas, don't you?" I asked Raphael, annoyed with his arrogance.
~ Katie MacAlister
A princess never refers to anything as a bitch unless it has eight teats
~ Katie MacAlister
I remembered my father telling me when I was a little girl, "Guilt is bullshit. Don't ever let anyone make you feel guilty.
~ Kaylie Jones
No is a sentence with a period at the end of it.
~ Kaylie Jones
The firm of Strange had not been built on softness; what you stole from it, you were welcome to keep.
~ Keith Roberts
Wow. The guy can make me feel stupid even when he's telling me I don't have to let him make me feel stupid.
~ Kelley Armstrong
When you're a guy you have to act like an asshole sometimes, so that the real asswholes won't bug you.
~ Kelly Easton
Your butt may like to sit, but your butt is not the boss of you! Say no to your butt.
~ Ken Jennings