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
How ballsy it was to just assume you know, with one glance, the things another person could live without. As if it… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Players that aren't true leaders but try to be, always bash other players after a mistake. True leaders on the pitch already… — Johan Cruijff Copy Share Image
Will suspected Jem was in fact cleverer than he was himself - but he lacked Will's tendency to assume the absolute worst… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
To mistake Midland for the volk heartland is the West Texas equivalent of assuming that Greenwich, Connecticut, is Levittown. — Molly Ivins 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
Kai cleared his throat. Stood straighter. "I assume you are going to the ball?" "I-I don't know. I mean, no. No, I'm… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
Thoroughly to unfold the labyrinths of the human mind is an arduous task… In order to dive into those recesses and lay… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
When you ride in a boat and watch the shore, you might assume that the shore is moving. But when you keep… — Dogen Copy Share Image
We are an intelligent species caught in an historical process. No generation which proceeded us knew what was going on, and there… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
The state can't give you freedom, and the state can't take it away. You're born with it, like your eyes, like your… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
I have prophesied about the faith of Muhammad that it would be acceptable to the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Haunted Gulp down your wine, old friends of mine, Roar through the darkness, stamp and sing And lay ghost hands on everything,… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I also think if you get sort of early success there's always this part of you which feels like, "I need to… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
I can only tell you the kind of power I want, which is the power to persuade. But I do not want… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Do not wait for enough time or money to accomplish what you think you have in mind. Work with what you have… — Anne Bogart Copy Share Image
When I studied computer science at Duke University in the first half of the 1980s, I had professors who treated women differently… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
The President appoints the U.S. Attorneys. They're political in a certain respect. But the Department of Justice - the power that they… — Josh Marshall Copy Share Image
Beware leverage in all its forms. Borrowers - individual, corporate, or government - should always match fund their liabilities against the duration… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
There are actually two separate issues here. The first is whether (as ancient philosophers and Nietzsche assume) only the privileged elite can… — Philip Kitcher 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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
What I don't like are arrogant people. We're all equal. I don't like it when a person assumes to be better. — Selena Copy Share Image
It's true that people do assume that people who are critical are smarter than people who are uncritical. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities. — William J. H. Boetcker Copy Share Image
One of the things cops learn first is that everyone lies. Some people to hide things, some people just for the hell… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
If an adult uses violence on a child, the child will naturally assume that he too, has the right to use it… — Dora Russell Copy Share Image
I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
I don't feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don't care if people think I'm gay or not.… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
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