Assuming Quotes · Page 50

What we experience in dreams - assuming that we experience it often - belongs in the end just as much to the…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Beware, my body and my soul, beware above all of crossing your arms and assuming the sterile attitude of the spectator, for…

— Aime Cesaire

You run a major risk when you assume that you alone have all the answers: You don't, and that's okay. You don't…

— Georgette Mosbacher

I grew up upper-class. Private school. My dad had a Jaguar. We're African-American, and we work together as a family, so people…

— Beyonce Knowles

Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.

— Thomas Jefferson

Most people assume because I'm an actor that's all I know about and care about, I'm actually a camera geek and a…

— Matt Ross

I've made a profound transformation. I've fashioned some cyber-underwear. I'm not scared of anything! Actually, I am scared of a few things.…

— Tom Waits

Those who refuse to reform may not make mistakes, but they will be blamed for not assuming their historical responsibility.

— Li Keqiang

We need to assume that aspirations of people in villages are nothing less than the aspirations of people in the cities. They…

— Narendra Modi

May [our Declaration of Independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later,…

— Thomas Jefferson

So who was she? (Vane) Why do you assume it was a female? (Fang) Didn’t know you were fond of men. I’ll…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Most people probably assume that Hristo is a grumpy, stubborn guy... That can't be further from the truth. He's a cheerful, candid…

— Michael Laudrup

...it is time [for Islam] to assume, along with all of the great cultural traditions, the modern risks of scientific knowledge.

— Mohammed Arkoun

Some who support [more] coercive strategies assume that children will run wild if they are not controlled. However, the children for whom…

— Alfie Kohn

Taking privacy cues from the federal government is - to say the least - ironic, considering today's Orwellian level of surveillance. At…

— Bob Barr

Cop shows are by definition melodramatic; they're larger than life. They create very stark contrasts and conflicts emotionally. They're provocative, assuming they…

— Steven Bochco

This can come as a shock to those Christians who are so used to hearing that Jesus is the solution to sin…

— Doug Pagitt

If Satan should ever replace God he would find it necessary to assume the attributes of Divinity.

— Robert A. Heinlein

More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the…

— James Levine

In our culture, the Oedipal drama succeeds in making us assume either a male or female sexual position. Certainly this is an…

— John Maus

It is always safe to assume, not that the old way is wrong, but that there may be a better way.

— Henry Harrower

Everyone assumes because I'm on a reality show I can't act. Which is fine.

— Kristin Cavallari

Most people seem to assume that this dramatic surge in imprisonment was due to a corresponding surge in crime, particularly violent crime.

— Michelle Alexander

One minute she acts like she wants to be with me and I'm the one rejecting her. The next, she's got this…

— Jennifer Armintrout

The approach we try to take here [Morris's Institute for Creation Research] is to assume that the word of God is the…

— Henry M. Morris