Asserting Quotes

They want people they can push around. I was the girl who was always asking, "Why? Yeah, I know you want me to do that - but why?" I always thought people wanted to hear my opinions. (Grins) But I gave them anyway. It`s just blind self-confidence. I get like a little terrier about things. My mother says I should have been an attorney. (On asserting herself, even with her employers.) (Vanity Fair - September 2004 - "Regally Blonde" by Leslie Bennetts)

So the history of Star Trek is one directed, guided and determined by the Star Trek fans, and here they are again, asserting themselves.

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 asserting before me that I was dead.

Bin Laden himself feels more secure in coming out of his cave and asserting to the world that he`s alive and still relevant.

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 books of literary worth could be written that had plots.

We cannot solve the problem of terrorism by asserting our will on the world.

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 consequence in their eyes to merit a closer study than they have hitherto accorded us.