Assertion Quotes

154 quotes by 133 authors

No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were… — Christopher Dawson
There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
"We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable" in a draft of the Declaration of Independence changes it instead into an assertion of rationality.… — Benjamin Franklin
In a city where most of the wealth is controlled by a small few, certain things are overlooked, particularly when it comes to the assertion… — Ellen Kushner
I think a lot of people of my generation are discomfited by the assertion of neutrality in the mainstream media, this idea that they're the… — Rachel Maddow
Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of circumstance. — Aldous Huxley
Wisdom... is often an abstraction associated not with fact or reality but with the man who asserts it and the manner of its assertion. — John Kenneth Galbraith
What is the explanation of the seemingly insane drive of man to be painter and poet if it is not an act of defiance against… — Barnett Newman
The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion of threatening power at hand, not to come. It is… — Elizabeth Hardwick
Dad somewhat enjoyed being called gay. He said it made women want to prove the assertion wrong. — Jennifer Grant
True universalists are not those who preach global tolerance of differences and all-encompassing unity, but those who engage in a passionate struggle for the assertion… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
However novel it may appear, I shall venture the assertion, that, until women assume the place in society which good sense and good feeling alike… — Frances Wright
Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof… — Ronald Graham
History is no longer just a chronicle of kings and statesmen, of people who wielded power, but of ordinary women and men engaged in manifold… — Toshiko Kishida
If the pilots were in charge, Columbus would still be in port. They believe the assertion that the world is flat. — Robert Crandall
There is one thing to be remembered: that the assertion 'I am God' cannot be made with regard to the sense-world. — Swami Vivekananda
Emphatic and reiterated assertion, especially during childhood, produces in most people a belief so firm as to have a hold even over the unconscious. — Bertrand Russell
Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct. — Samuel Johnson
We will no longer be led only by that half of the population whose socialization, through toys, games, values and expectations, sanctions violence as the… — Wilma Scott Heide
Intercourse is an assertion of mastery, one that announces his own higher caste and proves it upon a victim who is expected to surrender, serve,… — Kate Millett

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