Assertions Quotes

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The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost… — Winston Churchill
When two texts, or two assertions, perhaps two ideas, are in contradiction, be ready to reconcile them rather than cancel one by the other; regard… — Marguerite Yourcenar
If we are honest - and scientists have to be - we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis… — Paul Dirac
By our pontifical assertions, our superior impatience, and our casual brushing aside of their curiosity, we do not encourage their inquiry, for we are rather… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Sentimental assertions are always a form of detachment; they confront the acute, terrible awareness of individual pain, the sharp particularity of loss or the fierce… — Mark Doty
Ordinary people do not question the commonly accepted version of reality. They conform to the standard values of subduing enemies and cherishing friends and family.… — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Liminality may perhaps be regarded as the Nay to all positive structural assertions, but as in some sense the source of them all, and, more… — Victor Turner
I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions. — Ann Radcliffe
The partisan when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers… — Socrates
From study of known normal brains we have learned that there is a certain range of variation. No two brains are exactly alike, and the… — Edward Anthony Spitzka
The fate of the physiology of the brain is independent of the truth and falsity of my assertions relative to the laws of the organization… — Franz Joseph Gall
All sweeping assertions are erroneous. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Let us be cautious in making assertions and critical in examining them, but tolerant in permitting linguistic forms. — Rudolf Carnap
No one is born gay. The idea is ridiculous, but it is symptomatic of our overpoliticized climate that such assertions are given instant credence by… — Camille Paglia
I am not making spiteful assertions now but merely stating the facts-that, for instance, among Hungarian generals there is such a considerable percentage of men… — Heinrich Himmler
If we accept that there is no such thing as 'zero risk' then we should not spin the meaning of words with assertions such as… — Rob Long
Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it. — William Feather
Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it-that no substitute can do… — Ayn Rand
There is perhaps no field aspiring to be scientific where flagrant personal bias, logic martyred in the cause of supporting a prejudice, unfounded assertions, and… — Helen Thompson Woolley
As presidential authority expands, and the role of Congress diminishes, the American people continue to lose control over their government. Today's assertions of executive power… — Mickey Edwards

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