Quotes About Assertion

I've learned to recognize that I'm in certain rooms for a reason, and I've learned - if I have an opinion or something I want to say - to say those things and not feel afraid about it.

I could take Sean Connery in a fight... I could definitely take him.

I don't owe nobody nothing.

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.

It is about attention to detail and then the minutest detail on top of that. I am an owner, and yet I'll argue about the sign on the wall.

My life is all about owning the libs now.

It's easier for China to assert its maritime power by creating artificial islands in the South China Sea than by defying the U.S. Pacific Fleet with an aircraft carrier.

Let's face it: I paint well. I know it, you know it. There's no arguing really, is there?

From this humiliating self-estimate (of cowardice) Gandhi escaped by substituting for the Englishman's courage, which begins in self-assertion and proceeds to physical mastery, the courage which begins with self-control and proceeds to the nonviolent affirmation of truth.

The great thing about making yourself the villain is nobody's likely to contradict you.

John was not a logician, but a seer; not a reasoner, but a mystic; he does not argue, but assert; he arrives at conclusions with one bound, as by direct intuition.

To be a writer is a monstrously arrogant act. It presumes that you should be listened to for pages on end... But there is much in the culture to clip the wings of arrogance, mute assertion, and encourage speedy consensus.

Cuius rei demostrationem mirabilem sane detexi hanc marginis exiquitas non caperet. Tengo una prueba verdaderamente maravillosa para esta afirmación, pero el margen es demasiado estrecho para contenerla.

In life, if you stay quiet, you'll get left behind. So I had to learn to be more vocal and outgoing.

Being more vocal - I think that's something, as a professional, you have to be really good at. You have to be able to speak your mind.

I feel like I've always believed what I believed. I've just become more vocal about it.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

Never let anyone silence your voice.

I realized that if I don't like something, I can change it. If I don't feel comfortable with something, then I have a voice to say it's not cool.

I'm someone who has a voice, and shares my opinion.

I'm the best shooter in the league.

Some people you struggle to argue with - they've got a lot of strong backing to what they say and what they do.

I don't like bananas. I like to drive that point home.

I'm trying to hold my head high and not apologize and be nice all the time because that's not always necessary.