“The idea that family would not harm you was a stupid assumption of the first order.” — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
There's this assumption that every British actor, they can ride horses. Definitely not! — Josh O'Connor Copy Share Image
We make all sorts of assumptions because we don't have the courage to ask questions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“An assumption is something that is generally accepted as being true.” — Professional English in Use Accounting Copy Share Image
I am working on the assumption that in the future there will be no Jews in Gaza. — Ariel Sharon Copy Share Image
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority. — Mencius Copy Share Image
Most human activities are predicated on the assumption that life goes on. If you take that premise away, what is there left? — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Along with others, I have tried to pry economists away from narrow assumptions about self interest. Behavior is driven by a much… — Gary Becker Copy Share Image
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I work on the assumption, or let it be the fear, that the reader will stop reading if I stop being interesting. — Clive James Copy Share Image
Hate it when people assume things about people when they're the exact opposite of the assumption. No one deserves that, just let… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties. — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
If I were a man, I would strenuously object to the assumption that women have any moral or spiritual superiority as a… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
Books and newspapers assume a "common reader" that is, a person who knows the things known by other literate persons in the… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
Karl Marx predicted the eventual withering away of the state and the 'dictatorship of the proletariat,' when the people would rule, which… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
China is a country with a record of continuous self-government going back 4,000 years, the only society that has achieved this. One… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Our current use of time is not rational. There is therefore no point in seeking marginal improvements in how we spend our… — Richard Koch Copy Share Image
I think there's - the assumption seems to predominate on the other side that the reason there's been problems in the world… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
“When giving instructions, or evaluating a proposal, it helps to be a specific and not to assume the other side understands what… — stained hanes Copy Share Image
Every human being relies on and is bounded by his knowledge and experience to live. This is what we call “reality”. However,… — Masashi Kishimoto Copy Share Image
The issue Fodor writes about is central to the psychology of perception, cognition, and action. It is the central issue for anyone… — Alvin Liberman Copy Share Image
Chronological snobbery is the uncritical acceptance of the intellectual climate common to our own age and the assumption that whatever has gone… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
No matter how honest scientists think they are, they are still influenced by various unconscious assumptions that prevent them from attaining true… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
Now if you can recognize and memorize a grandmaster's game, and you have the respect to understand [Zimbabwean president Robert] Mugabe who… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
My practise as a scientist is atheistic. That is to say, when I set up an experiment I assume that no god,… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
Economic theorists, like French chefs in regard to food, have developed stylized models whose ingredients are limited by some unwritten rules. Just… — George Akerlof Copy Share Image
Abstract: Careful review of a vast array of relevant evidence clearly leads to the conclusion that some unidentified flying objects are intelligently… — Stanton T. Friedman Copy Share Image
Once the idea of a supernaturalistic creation is fully overcome, the idea returns that the universe must be self-organizing and therefore composed… — David Ray Griffin Copy Share Image
You cannot question an assumption you do not know you have made. — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
The assumption that Derrida always knows what he is talking about is not Derridean. — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
There is an automatic assumption that negative is realistic and positive is unrealistic. — Susan Jeffers Copy Share Image
It's always wise to raise questions about the most obvious and simple assumptions. — C. West Churchman Copy Share Image
The criterion of simplicity requires that the minimum number of assumptions be postulated. — Albert Low Copy Share Image
A woman's intuition has often proved truer than a man's arrogant assumption of knowledge. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Most human activities are predicated on the assumption that life goes on — Anonymous Copy Share Image