It is a reality attested by all history that if a republic assumes imperial functions it will not remain a republic. — Felix Morley Copy Share Image
For four hundred years European civilization has dominated the world - for better or for worse. It is convenient, and flattering, for… — William Pfaff Copy Share Image
I would assume that everyone has an experience in their life where they knew something wasn't cool, but even if they sort… — Craig Zobel Copy Share Image
Think about it, I say. How many straight men maintain inappropriately intimate relationships with their mothers? How many shop with them? I… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. You will be amazed at how your whole approach to a person or problem… — Indra Nooyi Copy Share Image
The patronage state is an arrogant state. It assumes it can spend your money better than you do. Yet it expects you… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The truth is that I don't like rehearsals. I get embarrassed hearing my own work. I assume that the cast is embarrassed… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I feel as though I never had choice not to be a writer. I feel in my heart of hearts that writing… — Jerdine Nolen Copy Share Image
I hope that every [person] at one point in their life has the opportunity to have something that is at the heart… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
[H]ow do I pity those who (assuming the name of friends) surround themselves with maxims importing the wisdom of doubt and suspicion,… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
Talking to a peasant one day, I suggested to him the hypothesis that there might indeed be a God who governs heaven… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
I think people assume that whatever kind of music you make is the music you listen to. Don't get me wrong, I… — Bethany Cosentino Copy Share Image
I find that it's easier to disguise yourself when you go to Florida or places like that, because no one is expecting… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
Walking over to Iggy, he poked him with his shoe. "Does anysing on you vork properly?" Iggy rubbed his forehead with one… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Loneliness is a drug, a narcotic; it grows through veins, through nerves and muscles; it assumes some right of possession over your… — R.J. Ellory Copy Share Image
Thus, I always began by assuming the worst; my appeal was dismissed. That meant, of course, I was to die. Sooner than… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
It is not the ownership of the instruments of production which it is important for the State to assume. If the State… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
The belief in God is not therefore based on the perception of design in nature. Belief in design in nature is based… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
Teller contended, not implausibly, that hydrogen bombs keep the peace, or at least prevent thermonuclear war, because the consequences of warfare between… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I have been moving around all my life. Going to different schools, living in different houses, shedding old roles, assuming new ones.… — Ellen Gilchrist Copy Share Image
The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
But you go to a great school, not for knowledge so much as for arts and habits; for the habit of attention,… — William Johnson Cory Copy Share Image
If you understood a business perfectly and the future of the business, you would need very little in the way of a… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The fact that the market is not doing what we wish it would do is no reason to automatically assume that the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If [Barack] Obama or the boss or the newspapers or anyone else tells you they're doing this, that, or the other thing,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Since art exists for humanity it is not unreasonable to assume that humanity has some rights in the matter. Who pays the… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
I think, a lot of times, directors assume that whatever they get from you the first time, whether it be at an… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
Women. You'll interpret anything as love. You see a man wearing an idiotic expression, and you assume he's been struck by Cupid's… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
The lost wallet or purse law: No matter how careful you are, assume that you will lose a few. ... Keep grief… — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
Even if you assume presidents were democratically elected they still have no right to keep secrets from the American people. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
I can't see what's wrong about assuming intelligence in your audience and what's bad news about being rewarded for assuming that. — Steven Moffat 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
In the absence of feedback, people will fill in the blanks with a negative. They will assume you don’t care about them… — Pat Summitt Copy Share Image
Whenever a number of individuals have a common name, we assume them to have also a corresponding idea or form. — Socrates Copy Share Image
The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
By a museum, I assume you mean an institution dedicated to the events of Sept. 11 and the aftermath. If that is… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
When people give you their stated reason for doing something always assume they are giving you a reason that sounds good, but… — James Altucher Copy Share Image
The arms race is based on an optimistic view of technology and a pessimistic view of man. It assumes there is no… — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
![“I hope that every [person] at one point in their life has the opportunity to have something that is at the heart of their being, something so central to their being that if they lose it they won't feel they're human anymore, to be proved wrong because that's the liberation that science provides…” quote by Lawrence M. Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/af3/lawrence-m-krauss-2566_answers_i-hope-that-every-person-at-one-point-in_1258777.jpg)
![“[H]ow do I pity those who (assuming the name of friends) surround themselves with maxims importing the wisdom of doubt and suspicion, 'til they impose on themselves that very hard task of laboring through life without ever knowing a human creature to whom they can make the proper use of language…” quote by Sarah Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2d0/sarah-fielding-19151_assuming_h-ow-do-i-pity-those-who-assuming-the-na_687697.jpg)
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