Assuming that just because you can hear you can listen is like assuming that just because you can see you can read. — Tony Alessandra Copy Share Image
Simple perception then is a fallacy. Besides the conscious prejudices that we are aware of imposing on the world, there are a… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
Sri Krishna says whatever role we have in life, we have to play it to the hilt. We have to take it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Of course, there are many, many musicians whose music gives me pleasure, but until I make contact with them, musically or personally,… — Hugh Hopper Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily write everything as automatically assuming it will be collected, there's nothing that says Hitman will be collected, though it… — Garth Ennis Copy Share Image
She, too, had worn a mask in assuming a contempt for him, whilst, as a matter of fact, she completely misunderstood him — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing. — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Prayer can assume very different forms, from quiet, blessed contemplation of God, in which eye meets eye in restful meditation, to deep… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing, I think people meet us and they assume that we know a lot more about politics than we… — Timothy Simons Copy Share Image
One cardinal rule in behavioral medicine is that unless it is interfered with, your body knows exactly what it is doing and… — Jill Johnson Copy Share Image
Little by little things began to assume a new aspect. The sense of insecurity vanished, words came of themselves, I was no… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
It is the growing custom to narrow control, concentrate power, disregard and disenfranchise the public; and assuming that certain powers by divine… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
I assume that normally the Lord will be bringing people to himself through the instrumentality of the preached word. However, we have… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
I like to assume that since I drive a car and maintain a respectable credit rating and rarely murder anyone and bury… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
If you or I want to be healthy (whether it's our digestion, our reproduction, our skin, or anything) we have to assume… — Chris Kilham Copy Share Image
You know, Sage, Jesus didn't tell us to forgive everyone. He said turn the other cheek, but only if you the one… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I wouldn't necessarily assume that because Capricornia has traditionally been a Labor seat, that it'll go back to the Labor Party this… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
Let us assume that entertainment is the sole end of reading; even so I think you would hold that no mental employment… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Water is patient; it can stagnate and let itself be coated with scum if need be. It is as gentle as the… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
History has taught us: never underestimate the amount of money, time, and effort someone will expend to thwart a security system. It's… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
There are over a million types of fish in the sea as there are flowers in all of the world's gardens. There… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
I suspect there could be life and intelligence out there in forms we can't conceive. Just as a chimpanzee can't understand quantum… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Did I say that she was beautiful? I was wrong. Beauty is too tame a notion; it evokes only faces in magazines.… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
The most important philosophy I think is that even if it isn't true you must absolutely assume there is no afterlife. — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I count absolutely no chickens before they're hatched. In fact, I assume they're all dead in their shells, inside their eggs. — Jay Baruchel Copy Share Image
Making a good music video isn't easy. If it were, MTV would still be showing them instead of '16 and Pregnant,' which… — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
People who assume my books are only about quilts obviously haven't read them! I've always known that my books are about quilters… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
The second advantage claimed for naturalism is that it is equivalent to rationality, because it assumes a model of reality in which… — Phillip E. Johnson Copy Share Image
If I'm not with a butch everyone just assumes I'm straight. It's like I'm passing too, against my will. I'm sick of… — Leslie Feinberg Copy Share Image
If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play,… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
A man who murders another shortens by a few brief years the life of a human being; but he who votes to… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
Write a nonfiction book, and be prepared for the legion of readers who are going to doubt your fact. But write a… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The European problem is that it assumes that the minute a woman has a child, the mother identity subsumes the professional identity.… — Anne-Marie Slaughter Copy Share Image
If we see someone in a wheelchair, we assume they cannot walk. It may be that they can walk three, four, five… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
I was constantly told and challenged to live my life as a warrior. As a warrior, you assume responsibility for yourself. The… — Billy Mills Copy Share Image
True strategy is about placing bets and making hard choices under conditions of uncertainty, not about assuming plans can remove risk. — Will Evans Copy Share Image
There are only so many hilarious actors so when they cross-pollinate, people assume it's always the same actors and directors. — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
When companies get bigger they try to replicate their success. But they assume their magic came from process. They try to use… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
