Assuming Quotes · Page 54

A nation ignorant of the equal benefits of liberty and law, must be awed by the flashes of arbitrary power: the cruelty…

— Edward Gibbon

When you start a rock n' roll band, you've gotta fake it till you make it. You begin by doin' what you…

— Steven Tyler

If it winds up earlier, you should have a movie picked out. This is assuming she isn’t sending you the ‘let’s go…

— Nora Roberts

[The] humanization of mathematical teaching, the bringing of the matter and the spirit of mathematics to bear not merely upon certain fragmentary…

— Cassius Jackson Keyser

I can say with pride verging on smugness that I've got two very successful shows that assume their audience is very smart.

— Steven Moffat

There is an attempt to deskill teaches by removing matters of conception from implementation. Teachers are no longer asked to be creative,…

— Henry Giroux

I don't know who the great lawyers are, and I presume you can't get to them. I know of no case where…

— Franz Kafka

If I knew that today would be the last time I’d see you, I would hug you tight and pray the Lord…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Worry is assuming responsibilities that you cannot handle. They truth is, they are responsibilities that God never intended for you to handle,…

— Charles R. Swindoll

And you receivers - and you are all receivers - assume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself…

— Khalil Gibran

Organic Oreos are not a health food. When Coca-Cola begins selling organic Coke, as it surely will, the company will have struck…

— Michael Pollan

Shall we, because we walk on our hind feet, assume to ourselves only the privilege of imperishability?

— George Eliot

The patronage state is an arrogant state. It assumes it can spend your money better than you do. Yet it expects you…

— Margaret Thatcher

I assume then, that you have no real faith in the fondness any of the rest of us may feel for you?''None,'…

— Shirley Jackson

Will Thisbee gave me The Beginner's Cook-Book for Girl Guides. It was just the thing; the writer assumes you know nothing about…

— Mary Ann Shaffer

Going green doesn’t start with doing green acts — it starts with a shift in consciousness. This shift allows you to recognize…

— Ian Somerhalder

There's always a latent or inferred image in my writing. And I can almost always assume if I do a drawing that…

— Raymond Pettibon

Now in the States if you look at the TV, you see the advertisements, the TV programmes, the pop videos, and the…

— Jim Jarmusch

All transformation begins with an intense, burning desire to be transformed. The first step in the 'renewing of the mind' is desire.…

— Neville Goddard

Don't assume you're always going to be understood. I wrote in a column that one should put a cup of liquid in…

— Heloise

The secret to longevity in the music business is to change, and to be able to change. [...] An actor has to…

— Nick Cave

There's one bright spot in the generally gloomy picture know as the Pacific Conflict Zone. According to my calculations, by the year…

— John Brunner

The experience of emptiness is not found outside the world of ordinary appearance, as many people mistakenly assume. In truth, we experience…

— Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

From the time I was very young, I was a professional, making money and assuming responsibilities. I didn't live the life of…

— Kristy McNichol

I'm interested in dismantling the distinction between masculine and feminine writing both because I think it's a false distinction and, I think,…

— Katie Kitamura