“Author discussed what he calls the "narrative fallacy." This refers to our "limited ability" to look at a sequence of facts "without… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
That's sort of what showbusiness is - a charade. People are basing their assumptions about you on half the facts. The rest… — Angus Deayton Copy Share Image
I'm often reassured in a bizarre - perhaps perverse - way when I find in the archive stuff that contradicts what my… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
Untested assumptions and lazy habits of thought can be shown up, once put in a spotlight of a different hue. — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
There are assumptions made about the way you look. I'm always surprised when people don't think I'm smart. — Meg Ryan Copy Share Image
In rock music, people have certain assumptions that it makes people more enlightened, and it really doesn't. — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
If I make assumptions about the audience and start overthinking things, I can drive myself crazy about how the audience perceives me.… — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
The average Liberian, it turns out, does not share the same assumptions as the average black Methodist minister from Chicago. — Tucker Carlson Copy Share Image
“All she captures is a moment and what she calls it is a memory, Sometimes, it is assumptions that we use; all… — Nishikant 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
To this day, I have people I might meet who will make assumptions about my life based on fictional elements of 'The… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I don't think there's an interesting boundary between philosophy and science. Science is totally beholden to philosophy. There are philosophical assumptions in… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The highest compliment one can give a writer is not to say that one wholeheartedly agrees with his observations, but that he… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
I learned during my term and in the presidency that we should not discuss about assumptions or insinuations. If one day I… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Copy Share Image
Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
“The professor argues against measuring effectiveness in the shallow short-term in the "fierce humanities," for teaching that seeks not merely learning, but… — Cary Nelson 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
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
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.”… — Penny Reid Copy Share Image
If I look smart and feel confident, other people's bigoted assumptions have less power to harm me. — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
“Presumptuous bastard,' Tak said. 'Sunset? He might at least wait and see if there's a tomorrow morning.” — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
“I’ve always been under the assumption that death is a one-time, encompassing event.” “Why would you ever think that?” — Grace Draven Copy Share Image
“Assumptions suck. They’re like expectations. Assumptions and expectations will kill any relationship” — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
Racist assumptions, ethnolinguistic assumptions of inferiority or superiority, are as old as mankind. — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
“In the general American population, 3.9 percent of adult men are six foot two or taller. Among my CEO sample, almost a… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“People who always have problems in life and give other people problems. Are people who jump into conclusion and who are always… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
“And if you insist on continuing to make assumptions about my character, I’ll advise you only this: assume you will always be… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
There was a lot of stress and assumptions made without me even saying anything, which was very upsetting. — Craig Stevens Copy Share Image
“Every rock-thrower needs something to stand on to have any accuracy or do any damage with the rocks.” — Dick Keyes Copy Share Image
You should never judge people based on your own assumptions of that person before meeting them, lest reality smacks you upside the… — Isaiah Harden (Me Copy Share Image
Dont get upset, dont think that somebody knows you enough to make right assumptions about you. Acknowledge and move on. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
“People make grave assumptions if they do not know what we are thinking or feeling. I now know love is not the… — Sukree Boodram Copy Share Image
“Character displays "the weighty impatience of having to explain something that should already be understood.” — Nathan McCall Copy Share Image
People still make all sorts of assumptions about me. I've just gone past the point of caring. — Andrea Jeremiah Copy Share Image
We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I hate it when people call me a cage fighter. I'm a mixed martial artist. But people take one look at what… — Michael Bisping Copy Share Image
You never know what curve balls life is going to throw you and there's no way I can predict anything or make… — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding. — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.” — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
“As the unexpected becomes ordinary, the spotlight shifts once again to land where your brain thinks it will get more informational bang… — Greg Carlson Copy Share Image
