Quotes About Assertion

I glimpse again that biblical rhythm of expansion-and-contraction, assertion-and-subversion. As that rhythm becomes ever clearer as the very heartbeat of the biblical tradition, we will see the basic solution for How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian. Read it all carefully and thoughtfully, recognize radicality's assertion, expect normalcy's subversion, and respect the honesty of a story that tells the truth.

I don't recall having a gun. I really don't. I don't think I ever pulled a gun on anyone in my life.

This life is a tremendous assertion of freedom

You can do what you like, sir, but I'll tell you this. New York is the true capital of America. Every New Yorker knows it, and by God, we always shall.

Surely: the adverb of a man without an argument.

The Claim does not signify Truth And the Truth does not mean Claim

When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket.

After a long, long time she reached an important conclusion. She was never going to stand by and say nothing again.

She was never going to stand by and say nothing again.

Typically we learn to "argue" by assertion. That is, we tend to start with our conclusions—our desires or opinions—without a whole lot to back them up. And it works, sometimes, at least when we're very young. What could be better? Real argument, by contrast, takes time and practice. Marshaling our reasons, proportioning our conclusions to the actual evidence, considering objections, and all the rest—these are acquired skills. We have to grow up a little.

My mind isn't shit! (Really!)

Oh, I am arm'd with more than complete steel, The justice of my quarrel.

I realize that as the quarterback, you have to assume some sort of leadership role because you have to talk in the huddle on every play, and you're essentially giving out orders to the team. But in my mind, I have to prove myself on the field before I can start asserting a leadership role.

Truly, I have boundaries. I am someone who has a very, very, strong, amazing, powerful boundaries. I'm the boundary queen.

I've never written a play before, and I'll never write one again. You can quote me.

If you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask.

My domination is getting so strong that it's starting to become much clearer now who's the best featherweight, but I've been raising this debate for a long time.

No, I'm not gay.

I'm going to do what I want, get my money and go home.

If you're not ruffling feathers at CPAC, I don't think you're doing a very good job.

For those who need consolation no means of consolation is so effective as the assertion that in their case no consolation is possible: it implies so great a degree of distinction that they at once hold up their heads again.

Life is the will to power; our natural desire to dominate and reshape the world to fit our own preferences and assert our personal strength to the fullest degree.

no one talks more passionately about his rights than he who in the depths of his soul doubts whether he has any

I think they're unreasonably angry," Fafhrd asserted, scrambling to his feet. "Priests always are," the Mouser said philosophically, with a sidewise shudder at the dart's black-crusted point.