There has always been a confusion in the West about -Islam and about the Middle East and the assumption that the countries… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
“You already beat yourself up for enough things that aren't your fault. People who care don't want to add to that." He… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
The problem isn't materialism as such. Rather it is the underlying assumption that full satisfaction can arise from gratifying the senses alone.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
The first thing to understand about nutritionism is that it is not the same thing as nutrition. As the "-ism" suggests, it… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
In the Life of Darwin by his son, there is related an incident of how the great naturalist once studied long as… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
The basic idea that the purpose of life is to be happy or is to experience the most favorable ratio of pleasure… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
As the surface of the seashore rocks were pitted by by the waves and gathered limpets that further disguised what lay beneath,… — William Trevor Copy Share Image
We create institutions and policies on the basis of the way we make assumptions about us and others. We accept the fact… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
The assumption that the square of a unit vector is positive unity leads to an algebra whose characteristic quantities are non-associative. — Cargill Gilston Knott Copy Share Image
It is a common assumption that a person's good works will get them into Heaven. — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
Pick the assumptions to pieces till the stuff they are made of is exposed to plain view - this is the cardinal… — Eric Temple Bell Copy Share Image
It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
All of us cherish our beliefs. They are, to a degree, self-defining. When someone comes along who challenges our belief system as… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The problem with multiculturalism is it's kind of arrogant. The arrogance is the assumption that everyone will buy into our values, because… — Mark Durie Copy Share Image
My take away here is to not make assumptions when analyzing data. It might be safe to assume you Facebook page will… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Men should do their actual living and working in communities small enough to permit of genuine self-government and the assumption of personal… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Assumption of superiority by any person over any other is a sin against God and man. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The assumption that seeing is believing makes us susceptible to visual deception. — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
The people who whine about Fox News are hypocrites - they say they're totally tolerant, but when they run into someone who… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
At its heartmeat core, writing is about exploring the questions of your heart on the assumption that what intrigues you, what inflames… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
New York musicians rarely have the time for idle chat and conversation after a gig. Despite popular assumption of our scintillating after-hours,… — Kat Edmonson Copy Share Image
Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
For historians, hindsight can be a treacherous ally. Enabling us to trace the hidden patterns of past events, it beguiles us with… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
One time in the late '50s, when Peter Finch, Laurence Harvey, and I were all offered the same movie role - the… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
