Asserting Quotes

57 quotes by 54 authors

There is no point asserting and reasserting what the heart cannot believe. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
This is the time for every artist in every genre to do what he or she does loudly and consistently. It doesn't matter to me… — Toni Morrison
What I'm asserting is that we are looking at bisexuality the wrong way, making the identity entirely dependent on someone other that the bisexual person… — Jennifer Baumgardner
The vehemence of emotion, stirred by grief and love within me, was claiming mastery, and struggling for full sway; and asserting a right to predominate:… — Charlotte Bronte
I looked at it [revolver] as if it reminded me of a crime I had committed with an irrepressible smile such as rises sometimes to… — Anais Nin
Style is a deeply personal expression of who you are, and every time you dress, you are asserting a part of yourself. — Nina Garcia
In asserting that people don't change, what she means is that they don't change for the better. Whereas changing for the worse, that goes without… — A.S.A. Harrison
The women of this country ought be enlightened in regard to the laws under which they live, that they may no longer publish their degradation… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Hardly any one is able to see what is before him, just as it is in itself. He comes expecting one thing, he finds another… — Arthur Symons
People who study primate societies make a distinction between two kinds of cultural interactions, agonic and hedonic. In agonic societies, you gain status by asserting… — Eric S. Raymond
Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that? And it should… — Orhan Pamuk
Remember that a noble logical diagram, once recorded, will never die; long after we are gone, it will be a living thing, asserting itself with… — Willis Polk
We are men, and propose to live like men in this free land, without the contamination of slave labor, or die like men, if need… — Denis Kearney
Should I perchance still feel after my death, I would no longer have any doubt, but I would most certainly give the lie to anyone… — Giacomo Casanova
Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are… — Daniel Burnham
To call the American role in the world imperial was, for many who did so, a way of asserting that the United States was misusing… — Michael Mandelbaum
In rating ease of description as very important, we are essentially asserting a belief in quantitative knowledge - a belief that most of the key… — John Tuley

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