It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
I sometimes react to making a mistake as if I have betrayed myself. My fear of making a mistake seems to be… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
The more elaborate your narrative, the more the spectator shuts up and listens obediently. And if the filmmaker keeps quiet, the spectator… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
Whether he likes it or not, [he] cannot remain incognito forever. He has outraged too many wise men and pleased too many… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Successful businesses measure and count things. I think that's a safe assumption on top of which we can drop the following hypothesis:… — Dick Costolo Copy Share Image
The assumption is that people so ignorant and thoughtless and silly and greedy may simply call upon the Army Corps of Engineers… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
There is this absurd assumption that the revitalisation of the public sphere is always a good thing. I think people tend to… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If you start from… — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
Assume that your worldview is not borne by the public. More than that: Do not assume that those who think differently are… — Rolf Dobelli Copy Share Image
A story begins with this nebulous feeling that’s hard to get a hold of and you’re testing your feelings and assumptions, testing… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Our enemy is fear. Blinding, reason-killing fear. Fear consumes the truth and poisons all the evidence, leading us to false assumptions and… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
It's not always going to cost money to turn a parish into a more welcoming parish. But it does take a willingness… — Chris Lowney Copy Share Image
One of my optimistic prophecies is based on the assumption that machines could have the best algorithms in the universe, but it… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
There is no reason for you to try to become like white people and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The fundamental assumption that the United States retains the right and obligation to intervene in the Third World in any way it… — Gabriel Kolko Copy Share Image
The most misleading assumptions are the ones you don't even know you're making. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
How would your life be different if you stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
I like the rough impersonality of New York ... Human relations are oiled by jokes, complaints, and confessions-all made with the assumption… — Bill Bradley Copy Share Image
A critique is not a matter of saying that things are not right as they are. It is a matter of pointing… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Strip away all the assumptions about what competition is supposed to do, all the claims in its behalf that we accept and… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
The assumption of Jesus' program for his people on earth was that they would live their lives as his students and co-laborers. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Society is based on the assumption that everyone is alike and no one is alive. — Hugh Kingsmill Copy Share Image
All depends really on what kinds of assumptions you make. When you're forecasting things that will be happening 50 to 100 years… — Richard Harris Copy Share Image
The layout of textbooks, I think, has been done with an assumption that students don't read. — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
We create truths by describing, or by re-describing , our beliefs and observations. Our task, and the task of every artist and… — Anne Bogart Copy Share Image