Quotes About Assertion

The most important and brave thing someone can do, I think, in the face of dehumanization, is to continue to assert their humanity.

The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that books of literary worth could be written that had plots.

If I acknowledge my dependency, I do so because for me it is a means of signifying my demand: in the realm of love, futility is not a "weakness" or an "absurdity": it is a strong sign: the more futile, the more it signifies and the more it asserts itself as strength.)

Don't let anyone tell you that you don't have rights, because no one has the right to say that.

The second assertion was that the pre-colonial political economy conformed to the model of what was called Oriental Despotism.

My petunias," she tells me in a flat voice, "are none of your business.

The essential business of language is to assert or deny facts. Given

The essential business of language is to assert or deny facts. Given the syntax of a language, the meaning of a sentence is determinate as soon as the meaning of the component words is known. In order that a certain sentence should assert a certain fact there must, however the language may be constructed, be something in common between the structure of the sentence and the structure of the fact.

Há muitos modos de afirmar; há só um de negar tudo.

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

In the years that followed, I failed her so many times, each time asserting my own will, my right to fall short of expectations.

I can afford to be wrong, because I am more right—that's all.

In his classic work Stigma, Erving Goffman argues that identity is formed when people assert pride in the thing that made them marginal, enabling them to achieve personal authenticity and political credibility.

Faith is rather like a rhinoceros, in fact: it won't do much in the way of real work for you, and yet at close quarters it will make spectacular claims upon your attention.

Anything thrice affirmed is true.

It's a dominance thing, Lissa chimed in. Like dogs. He was making clear to you that he is the alpha dog. I looked at her. I mean, you're the alpha dog, she said quickly. But he doesn't know that yet. He's testing you. I don't want to be the alpha dog, I grumbled. I don't want to be a dog, period.

The most effective way to stop people from trying to persuade me is to say, 'I'm not interested.' You should try it. Don't offer a reason why you aren't interested. No one can say why a thing holds interest for some and not for others. There's no argument against a lack of interest.

I'm gonna tell you honest that I'll shoot you without battin' an eye. I'm sick and tired of you boys thinkin' you can have me just for the askin'. Hell, most of you don't even ask - you just grab. I've had it, do you hear?

Don't make me have to chase after you again, because there's no way in hell you can get away from me, lady.

Id you're finished picking out my flaws,maybe you'd like to tell me what you want now.I have other customers--" "You." "What was that?" "I Want You.

The most important scientific concept is that an assertion is often an empirical question, settled by collecting evidence. The plural of anecdote is not data, and the plural of opinion is not facts. Quality peer-reviewed scientific evidence accumulates into knowledge. People's stories are stories, and fiction keeps us going. But science should settle policy.

A patient can have as many diagnoses as [she] damn well pleases.

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative

In any given situation, the most difficult step is to reach a decision. Once a decision is made, control can be asserted.