Asserting Quotes

57 quotes by 54 authors

The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon. — Anthony Burgess
Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let others assume the leadership of… — Buzz Aldrin
When committees gather, each member is necessarily an actor, uncontrollably acting out the part of himself, reading the lines that identify him, asserting his identity....… — Lewis Thomas
Among all the occurrences possible in the universe the a priori probability of any particular one of them verges upon zero. Yet the universe exists;… — Jacques Monod
We should distinguish at this point between "government" and "state" ... A government is the consensual organization by which we adjudicate disputes, defend our rights,… — David Boaz
With respect to those points, on which the declaration of Scripture is positive and decisive, as, for instance, in asserting the low antiquity of the… — William Buckland
I am local, rural, communal. And I find that the whole world is a community. We have made progress in asserting our local community rights… — Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher
We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient… — Henry Lawson
As far as I am concerned, taking photographs is a means of understanding which cannot be separated from other means of visual expression. It is… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
In such a performance you may lay the foundation of national happiness only in religion, not by leaving it doubtful "whether morals can exist without… — Benjamin Rush
The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful… — Joseph Conrad
Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Human beings are not comparable. You can't compare us any more than you can compare roses and oranges, or mountains and the sea. You might… — Barbara Sher
In trans women's eyes, I see a wisdom that can only come from having to fight for your right to be recognized as female, a… — Julia Serano
What I am asserting is that in this particular epoch a conjunction of historical circumstances has led to the rise of an elite of power;… — C. Wright Mills
Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir one's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in… — Daniel Burnham
Psychoanalysis justifies its importance by asserting that it forces you to look to and accept reality. But what sort of reality? A reality conditioned by… — Mircea Eliade
Hope consists in asserting that there is at the heart of being, beyond all data, beyond all inventories and all calculations, a mysterious principle which… — Gabriel Marcel
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… — Scott Turow
Nor does the idea of a moral order asserting itself against attack or want of conformity answer in full to our feelings regarding the tragic… — Andrew Coyle Bradley

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