Assuming Quotes · Page 61

I think that it's incredibly important that we're actually paying attention to the feminism that's going on on the ground in different…

— Jessica Valenti

I answered their questions truthfully and honestly, but I would prefer not to say more. I assume the information was routed back…

— Jeff Gannon

People always assume that bachelors are single by choice and spinsters because nobody asked them. It never enters their heads that poor…

— Jilly Cooper

Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reasonable versus the…

— Jimmy Wales

And if we get caught, I will claim I made you go. At gunpoint. I am American. People will assume I'm armed.

— Maureen Johnson

The only ‘realistic’ prospect is to ground a new political universality by opting for the impossible, fully assuming the place of the…

— Slavoj Žižek

And by the influence of heat, light, and electrical powers, there is a constant series of changes; matter assumes new forms, the…

— Humphry Davy

If you are bent on assuming a pose and never reveal yourself to anyone frankly, in the fashion of many who live…

— Seneca the Younger

Why do people think the spiritual life demands withdrawal from the ordinary? Because they've been taught, at least by implication, that the…

— Joan D. Chittister

Typing is an essential skill, but it can be painful. Some children just don't know where the letters are. Typing a three-page…

— Susan Mitchell

We naturally assume that our mental structures are universal. But I suppose an outside biologist looking at us would see something very…

— Noam Chomsky

All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and…

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

There's something ugly about a pretty boy who knows he's pretty and assumes everyone else know it too.

— Nova Ren Suma

I get the Playboy thing a lot. People assume I go out with bimbos. I couldn`t go out with bimbos if I…

— Bill Maher

It is a mistake to assume that the law should always enforce morality.

— Peter Singer

I heard John Wells say something really smart, many years ago. He said, "Assume your audience is really intelligent. Assume that they…

— Veena Sud

Creativity is very much like literacy. We take it for granted that nearly everybody can learn to read and write. If a…

— Ken Robinson

Those people are seen, I assume, by Larry [Kramer] as writing partly about gay issues and problems, whether it's on the surface…

— Kevin Sessums

People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too…

— Olivia Wilde

Finally, assuming that many of those are fulfilled, which won't be easy in tight budget times, we're taking the supply side at…

— Bill Gates

Each step is not too improbable for us to countenance, but when you add them up cumulatively over millions of years, you…

— Richard Dawkins

Thanks to the scientific method, most people in "developed" countries have an outlook of mild deism. We assume things like weather and…

— Philip Yancey

I met the former president of Iceland [Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir] once. I think she was president for, like, 16 years or something. She…

— Geena Davis

… It is not healing to see your childhood home, but it helps you measure whether you are broken, and how and…

— Thomas Harris