Quotes About Assertion

I require to be let alone!' exclaimed Catherine, furiously.  'I demand it!

Don't you know that No is the wildest word we consign to Language?

Un homme certain, c'est un homme armé. Un homme certain que l'on contredit, c'est dans l'instant un assassin. Il tue le doute. Sa persuasion lui donne le pouvoir de nier sans débat ni regret. Il pense avec un lance-flamme. Il affirme au canon.

No man in the history of ever has turned down a blowjob," he gritted.

It can not be done; it shall not be done! I speak for the great masses of the Mississippi Valley, and those west of it, when I say you shall not do it!

I will only praise someone who can't take anything away from me.

It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point.

Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented.

I declare that I am a bachelor.

I am not ashamed to say I will speak up to defend myself.

We haven't had to defend anything to anybody.

I'd never say something that I didn't feel I could defend.

A writer has to fully defend his rights and his own worth.

If you've written something that you believe is true, and if you can afford to defend it, then you've got to defend it.

I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.

I am not denying anything I did not say.

What I'm denying is that I'm this cutthroat financier.

I think I do deserve more than 11 carries. I think I really do.

I make it a point to speak to the directors and tell them why I don't want to do a particular role or film. If, despite that, they hold it against me, I cannot help it. I cannot do things that I don't want to just to please someone else.

If I'm tapping anything, it's the frustration of people who have something to say at work or home or in some social setting and just can't do it. I do it for them. I don't take prisoners.

I have a Ford Taurus, and I don't care who knows it.

Nina isn't going to like this, hissed Aunt Tatiana. I'm not married to Nina, I retorted.

And this is a free country. I'll say what I please to whomever I like.

It annoys me that the burden of proof is on us. It should be "You came up with the idea. Why do you believe it?" I could tell you I've got superpowers. But I can't go up to people saying "Prove I can't fly." They'd go: "What do you mean 'Prove you can't fly'? Prove you can!