Assertion Quotes

154 quotes by 133 authors

To be free from all egoistic motive, careful of truth in speech and action, void of self-will and self-assertion, watchful in all things, is the… — Sri Aurobindo
Let there be no mincing of comparisons in this assertion. Not Turner, not Monet, painted so directly blinding shafts of sunlight as has this Spaniard. — James Huneker
Ignorance, intolerance, egotism, self-assertion, opaque perception, dense and pitiful chuckle headedness - and an almost pathetic unconsciousness of it all, that is what I was… — Mark Twain
The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstances, whether created by others or by one's own human… — Ralph Ellison
Shakespeare never had six lines together without a fault. Perhaps you may find seven, but this does not refute my general assertion. — Samuel Johnson
The grand assertion is that you must see the world through probability and that probability is the only guide you need. — Dennis Lindley
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… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The liberals of the eighteenth century, guided by the ideas of natural law and of the Enlightenment, demanded for everyone equality of political and civil… — Ludwig von Mises
Each pursues his private interest and only his private interest; and thereby serves the private interests of all, the general interest, without willing it or… — Karl Marx
I myself am pursuing the same instinctive course as the veriest human animal you can think of I am, however young, writing at random straining… — John Keats
Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens… — Nicolaus Copernicus
Hope is like one of those orchids that grows around toxic waste: lovely in itself - and an assertion, if you like, of indefatigable good… — Rachel Cusk
Second, the resolution contains the blatantly false assertion that negotiating a timeline for bringing U.S. troops home with the Iraqi government undermines U.S. national security.… — Peter DeFazio
Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in… — Abraham Lincoln
Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on… — Maimonides
Marry first, and love will come after is a shocking assertion; since a thousand things may happen to make the state but barely tolerable, when… — Samuel Richardson
There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn't a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that… — Sinclair Lewis

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