That's always important to us, is being truthful. Not…

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

— Philip Selznick

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

When I see a fan coming over, I can't help but make an assumption about what they want to talk about. A middle-aged American…

— Natalie Dormer

The Bell curve is a fact of life. The blacks on average score 85 per cent on IQ and it is accurate, nothing to…

— Lee Kuan Yew

Pussy Riot have certainly changed some people's assumptions about the role of political art and the relationship between the intelligentsia and the church. That's…

— Masha Gessen