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Quotes About Assertiveness

Then Jix locked eyes with him and said very calmly, If you hit her, I will open my mouth wide enough to swallow you whole, force you through my bowels, then out my other end. Avalon scowled at him. You can't do that. Try me, Jix said. Avalon backed off, then angrily stormed away, and Jix winked at Jill. One in five.
~ Neal Shusterman
She points to the door. Leave! No. So she picks up a hairbrush and throws it at him. It beans him on the head and ricochets to the wall, where it wedges behind the TV. Ow! He grabs his head, grimacing. That hurt! Good, it was supposed to.
~ Neal Shusterman
She sighed, knowing she couldn't push it any further. Thank you for being so... merciful, Allie said. But I would appreciate it if Pea-brain here would keep his hands off me. That's Pinhead, corrected the boy. Pea-brain works in the engine room.
~ Neal Shusterman
No puedes dejar tu huella sin cribar unos cuantos egos por el camino
~ Neal Shusterman
you chippy hunk of shit,/don't bad mouth me! I'm/the toughest guy in town, you don't know/who the hell you're in this room/with!
~ Charles Bukowski
You couldn't underestimate them and you couldn't kiss their ass. There was a certain middle ground to be achieved.
~ Charles Bukowski
SCREW YOU GUYS! I'M A GENIUS!
~ Charles Bukowski
Nobody taught me how to say no when a beautiful naked woman begs me to take my clothes off.
~ Charles Stross
It's lovely, like the moment of stunned disbelief immediately after you finally snap and tell the world's most annoying office-mate to shut the fuck up—the moment of silence when they have no comeback and you finally had the last word.
~ Charles Stross
Ah, the warm fuzzies of decisive action.
~ Charles Stross
Shut up. Stand up. Put this on. That's right . . . if you were the kind of man who found it easy to do that kind of thing do you think I'd bother with you?" Her question takes him by surprise, rattling his introspective daze.
~ Charles Stross
and I was prepared to say blow off if you don't like this idea
~ Charley Harper
I didn't come here to make friends.
~ Chaucer
For the record, I would like to state that never in the history of humankind has a woman been told to calm down and then calmed down. We don't like that
~ Chelsea Handler
You should always speak your mind and be bold and obnoxious and do whatever you want and dont let anybody tell you to stop it
~ Chelsea Handler
Never in the history of humankind has a woman been told to calm down and then calmed down. We don't like that.
~ Chelsea Handler
For the record, I would like to state that never in the history of humankind has a woman been told to calm down and then calmed down. We don't like that.
~ Chelsea Handler
You're not the boss of me," she told him breathlessly. His chuckle sounded strangled. "Pretend I am for a while.
~ Cherry Adair
if you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and upsetting others, hurting feelings, and living with the reality that some people just won't like you. It may not be easy, but it's essential if you want your life to reflect your deepest desires, values, and needs.
~ Cheryl Richardson
Funny, but after years of practicing Extreme Self-Care, I've realized something ironic: if you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and upsetting others, hurting feelings, and living with the reality that some people just won't like you. It
~ Cheryl Richardson
The pretty girl is always right.
~ Chetan Bhagat
Il n'y a rien à craindre de quelqu'un qui crie
~ Chinua Achebe
a smart girl is nobody's pushover and nobody's foe. A smart girl is both sword and smile.
~ Chris Bohjalian
A smart girl is nobody's pushover and nobody's foe. A smart girl is both sword and smile.
~ Chris Bohjalian