The human mind inherently seeks intelligible order. Thus the conviction that such an order exists to be found is a crucial assumption. — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
If, with the literate, I am Impelled to try an epigram, I never seek to take the credit; We all assume that… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
There is still much debate about whether torture has been effective in eliciting information - the assumption being, apparently, that if it… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies,… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prosecuted before observation had taken… — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
People are under the assumption that the kundalini just flows from the base of the spine up. That's not the case at… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As soon as you start asking what education is for, what the use of it is, you're abandoning the basic assumption of… — Ann Bridge Copy Share Image
Divorce exposes absolutely ever buried assumption about marriage ... how a husband's sense of entitlement and a wife's sense of duty turned… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
Most Americans instinctively recoil from the claim that there is an antireligious bias running through the underlying assumptions with which their society… — Stephen V Monsma Copy Share Image
Millar Burrows of Yale observes: 'Archeology has in many cases refuted the views of modern critics. It has shown in a number… — Millar Burrows Copy Share Image
The theory of the IRS is rather repugnant to me because the assumption is made that I, the government, owns 100% of… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Dr. King's policy was, if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to… — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
We Catholics must admit that there is a constant temptation among us to avoid the lectionary and the Word of God for… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail,… — Alonzo Church Copy Share Image
There has always been a confusion in the West about -Islam and about the Middle East and the assumption that the countries… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
The assumption is that life doesn't need to be navigated with lessons. You can just do it intuitively. After all, you only… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who attacked you. You retreated… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
The 'environmental crisis' has happened because the human household or economy is in conflict at almost every point with the household of… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Today the manliest man would be ashamed to look into the eyes of the woman by his side and tell her that… — Mary C. Ames Copy Share Image
You could only draw conclusions about my personal sexual politics if you proceed from the assumption that I was presenting the characters… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
I’m going to make the wildly unfounded assumption that Satara’s dead by your hand and not Tory’s. Now, stay with me on… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
You must therefore zealously guard in his mind the curious assumption 'My time is my own'. Let him have the feeling that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The materialist assumption that spiritual substances do not exist is as much an act of faith as the religious belief in the… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
If you love me why wait to tell? I'm not the cause of your current hell with expectations you can't perceive is… — Denise Clark Copy Share Image
We must strive for literacy and education that teach us to never quit questioning and probing at the assumptions of the day. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Looking into it a bit, Jamie found that the model used by Wall Street to price LEAPs, the Black-Scholes option pricing model,… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way - not all. That fundamental… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Never ASSUME because the first there letters of ASSUME is ASS. If you ASSUME you make an ASS out of yourself — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our minds have the need to know. When we dont know we make assumptions - they make us feel safer than not… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
Should our moral beliefs really prove to be dependent on factual assumptions shown to be incorrect, it would be hardly moral to… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Young man, the games we play are lessons we learn. The assumptions we make, things we ignore, and things we change make… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions, and were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Business as usual doesn't work, that we're in a time where we have to rethink a lot of the basic ground rules… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
Atheism is not just about not believing there is a God, but on the assumption that there is one, what kind of… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
My way of thinking as I approach any human being on this planet is, 'What are you doing now?' That's what interests… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Analytical tools have their limitations in a turbulent world. These tools work best when parameters are known, assumptions are minimal, and the… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
