We have two alternatives: either we question our beliefs - or we don't. Either we accept our fixed versions of reality- or… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
A vital difference between the professional man and a man of business is that money making to the professional man should, by… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
There is an assumption, in attaching Puritan concepts such as 'successful' and 'unsuccessful' to the awful, final act of suicide, that those… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
The assumption that the egoless condition, or union of self and God, is man's final goal and ultimate destiny is a great… — Bernadette Roberts Copy Share Image
Americans long thought that nature could take care of itself-or that if it did not, the consequences were someone else's problem. As… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Now, I know it's a widespread assumption in the West that as countries modernize, they also westernize. This is an illusion. It's… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
No matter how free divorce, how frequently marriages break up, in most societies there is the assumption of permanent mating, of the… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal. Both assumptions are false: both… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Basically, you're still sitting there using just the muscles of your hand, really. Of one hand, actually. It's another example of the… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
The most serious problems of freedom of expression in our society today exist on our campuses. The assumption seems to be that… — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr Copy Share Image
The assumption that the larger culture agrees with Christians on values issues led to evangelicals' minimizing the theologically distinctive aspects of Christian… — Russell D. Moore Copy Share Image
I do object to the assumption that anything that might be outside of nature is ruled out of the conversation. That's an… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The first thing to understand about nutritionism is that it is not the same thing as nutrition. As the "-ism" suggests, it… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Schools are designed on the assumption that there is a secret to everything in life; that the quality of life depends upon… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
...I am afraid that education is conceived more in terms of indoctrination by most school officials than in terms of enlightenment. My… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A basic assumption shapes most Americans’ mindset about labor: the belief that the death of unions isn’t my problem because I’m not… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
The individual comes face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. The American mind has not come to a… — J. Edgar Hoover Copy Share Image
The censorship method ... is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The social order of things has demanded an emphasis on the differences between gender that do not in my opinion in fact… — Roni Horn Copy Share Image
I had furthermore spoken on the assumption that Russia would mobilize, whereas the assumption of the German Government had hitherto been, officially,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There’s an assumption that if someone writes in the first person it’s self-indulgent and self-regarding. I just look at it as a… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
If all properly economic problems were solved once for all . . . the social struggle and strife would . . .… — Frank Knight Copy Share Image
You cannot prove realism to a complete sceptic or idealist; but you can show an honest man that he is not a… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Implicit in the banking concept is the assumption of a dichotomy between human beings and the world: a person is merely in… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
It certainly seems too simple to say what I am going to say, yet it is almost as if you would be… — Seth Copy Share Image
He who dictates and formulates the words and phrases we use, he who is master of the press and radio, is master… — Joost Meerloo Copy Share Image
Fundamental assumptions in general and scientific assumptions in particular are so hard to overturn because they are based on belief. Beliefs are… — Thomas Campbell Copy Share Image
Some people who meet me might think I starve myself, because there's such an assumption that being thin involves putting yourself through… — Tamsin Egerton Copy Share Image
A theory is only as good as its assumptions. If the premises are false, the theory has no real scientific value. The… — Maurice Allais Copy Share Image
Those that think my clothes are androgynous also still believe that women should look like Barbie dolls. That's precisely the problem, the… — Ann Demeulemeester Copy Share Image
Because European countries now resolve differences through negotiation and consensus, there's sometimes an assumption that the entire world functions in the same… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
A lot of people get the assumption that because someone is able to sit here in front of a camera and speak… — Zoe Sugg Copy Share Image
As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
By the 1950s The Novel had become a nationwide tournament. There was a magical assumption that the end of World War II… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
I undertake my scientific research with the confident assumption that the earth follows the laws of nature which God established at creation.… — James W. Skehan Copy Share Image
Whether he likes it or not, [he] cannot remain incognito forever. He has outraged too many wise men and pleased too many… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Assume that your worldview is not borne by the public. More than that: Do not assume that those who think differently are… — Rolf Dobelli Copy Share Image
When you speak openly and honestly, you won't have to make assumptions. The day you stop making assumptions, you will communicate cleanly… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
Feminism, unlike almost every other social movement, is not a struggle against a distinct oppressor - it's not the ruling class or… — Kavita Ramdas Copy Share Image
There were class differences among black people then and there are class differences among black people now. There is still an assumption… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
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