If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted…

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.

— Orville Wright

“If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.” —ORVILLE…

— Pam Grout

Keep in mind that every single generation before us has worked under the assumption that they possessed all the major tools for understanding the…

— David Eagleman

Humans suffer from self-centred notions as to the nature of life. Humans assume that alien life forms should conform to standards that match our…

— Steve Perry

Leadership, pure and simple, is the assumption of responsibility for the pursuit of excellence in group life.

— Philip Selznick

If he's - the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a - is a noble institution I would - I would strongly…

— George W. Bush

If they are, then the only ultimate truths are the particulars of concrete experience, and no postulate or general assumption is inherent in science…

— Chauncey Wright

She spent hours drawing on her own, trying to perfect her craft. And when she got into music, she had that same diligence in…

— Laura Joplin

The possibility of saying anything about a thing rests on the assumption that it preserves its identity, or continues to be the same thing…

— Frank Knight

Fortunately, the mind is restless; when it uncovers a layer of its own deception, gives up an illusion, exposes a lie, it does not…

— Kim Chernin

The risk of developing carcinoma of the lung increases steadily as the amount smoked increases. If the risk among non-smokers is taken as unity…

— Richard Doll

Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea…

— John Green

Much like teaching art to young art students age 10 to 15 or so on, you have to break it down into bite-sized pieces,…

— Kehinde Wiley

It's difficult for people to come to the understanding that only a small minority of the people ever really get the word about life,…

— Earl Nightingale

Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it.

— Benjamin Disraeli