The validity of all the Inductive Methods depends on the assumption that every event, or the beginning of every phenomenon, must have… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, and I was odd, the default assumption was that I was odd, not that I was gay.… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
Whatever else I might have thought of [President George W] Bush's call, with its assumption that prayer is some sort of miracle… — Natalie Angier Copy Share Image
I had motives for not wanting the world to have meaning; consequently assumed that it had none, and was able without any… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All of Hollywood is run on one assumption: That women will watch stories about men, but men won't watch stories about women.… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
But the doctors in the past, as the review of the evidence showed, branded Jenner, Semmelweis, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Pasteur, Lister,… — Paul Douglas Copy Share Image
There's a profound price to the incorrect assumption that LGBTQ movements are white, male and wealthy. That is not a good thing… — Amber Hollibaugh Copy Share Image
I work on the assumption, or let it be the fear, that the reader will stop reading if I stop being interesting. — Clive James Copy Share Image
There was an assumption that aerial bombing of civilians in World War II would cause fragile, working-class people to basically have nervous… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Mainstream medias representation, or its guerrilla decontextualization, of black mens lives in particular can set the stage for erroneous assumptions capable of… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
I have always sought to be understood and, while I was taken to task by critics or colleagues, I thought they were… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
... often analysis seems to be based on the assumption that future economic output is almost entirely determined by inexorable economic forces… — William Vickrey Copy Share Image
Hinduism, Confucianism, and Buddhism are huge traditions of enormous importance, and they aren't monotheistic. Again, this reflects the fact that our preconceptions… — Robert Neelly Bellah Copy Share Image
Most of them have, of course, an agenda; mostly born-again Christians looking to save my soul. I suppose the assumption is made… — Eric Rudolph Copy Share Image
I went into politics thinking that, if I made arguments in good faith, I'd get a hearing. It's a reasonable assumption, but… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Our minds have the need to know. When we dont know we make assumptions - they make us feel safer than not… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
The subject matter of Entitlement remains relevant. Entitlement is an attitude: it is the assumption, I am owed what I get. It's… — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
The assumption that Derrida always knows what he is talking about is not Derridean. — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
Like an unexpected wet mop in the face of tired complacency, The Sovereignty Solution works on the receptive mind as a pry… — Adam Garfinkle Copy Share Image
The same day I saw my first horror camp, I visited every nook and cranny. I felt it my duty to be… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
We cannot safely assume that other people's minds work on the same principles as our own. All too often, others with whom… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
I had always assumed that people were interested in economic affairs, just as I was. My assumption was justified. The times caught… — Sylvia Porter Copy Share Image
All forms of yoga involve occult assumptions, even hatha yoga, which is often presented as a merely physical discipline. — Douglas Groothuis Copy Share Image
You leave nothing to assumption," Dory Maud says. "You swallow her with your eyes. I'm surprised there's any of her left for… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image