Quotes About Assertive

I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.

I'm not a violent person, but I'm a capable person. I'm never looking for a fight. But I'm always ready for one.

My friends say that at school I was quite bossy. I still am a bit bossy, but a nice bossy. I've always been very strong-minded, even as a little girl. But I'm a great friend, and I've never been in a fight in my life. I think it's nice to be nice, especially because I've never been scared to stick up for myself. I'm not a shrinking violet.

I'm not tough. I'm just not a retiring violet when it comes to airing my opinions.

I am no shrinking violet.

I'm abrasive. I am so sure that I'm right about virtually everything. I can sing you an aria of reasons to not like me.

All Russian people know who I am. So I use this to the good because, you know, it's really hard to shut my mouth off because... I'm too bright, and I'm too many years visible to everyone.

If you did not like the show, honey, my name is Nancy Reagan and go fuck yourself." Chablis

I do get called a b*tch quite often. What I don't get called is pushover, stupid, sweetheart, dear or doormat. Works for me.

I'm a polite person. I'll tell you excuse me and shut the f*ck up in the same sentence.

I'm not playing hard to get. I'm playing leave me the fu.. alone.

I do think I'm the best lightweight in the world.

I guess I'd say I'm quite an aggressive player. Fair but aggressive, someone who likes the tough stuff.

I've always been loud.

I know how to be loud.

I'm a man-eating machine.

I am extremely malleable as an actor, but I also know how to get away with doing things the way I want, even if the director disagrees.

That's been kind of a mantra for me my entire career and something that I think every coach throughout most of my basketball career has told me: I've got to continue, every night, to try to stay aggressive and assert myself.

I'm a world citizen with a New York set of balls.

I was a kid and a little pedantic but I still maintain I had a point.

Even in elementary school, I was a very assertive, aggressive kid. In the second grade I actually gave a teacher a black eye—I punched my music teacher because I didn't think he knew anything about music and I almost got expelled. I'm not proud of that, but it's clear evidence that even early on I had a tendency to stand up and make my opinions known in a very forceful way. The difference now is that I like to use my brain instead of my fists.

You great bloody bully." "Which is exactly what you need, you vexatious headstrong wench.

I have grown up to be many things, but dainty sure as hell isn't one of them.

You didn't shame anybody into anything." "Oh yes I did. I'm good for you that way. You have a tendency to back away from things otherwise.