We are living in a time when the very integrity of the Constitution is being threatened daily, from federal bailouts to federal… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
We move from more or less plausible but really arbitrary assumptions, to elegantly demonstrated but irrelevant conclusions. — Wassily Leontief Copy Share Image
I work under the assumption that, generally speaking, my taste and the taste of the Oscar voters are not one in the… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest. — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
When I started, there was more of a cultural assumption that many readers would find gay characters irrelevant or repugnant. — Carol Anshaw Copy Share Image
Each generation criticizes the unconscious assumptions made by its parent. It may assent to them, but it brings them out in the… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority. — Mencius Copy Share Image
Most human activities are predicated on the assumption that life goes on. If you take that premise away, what is there left? — Haruki Murakami 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
I'M INTROSPECTIVE, because sometimes I want to take "our" side without looking at the facts in situations like these. Sometimes I feel… — Benjamin Watson Copy Share Image
On the most usual assumption, the universe is homogeneous on the large scale, i.e. down to regions containing each an appreciable number… — Hermann Bondi Copy Share Image
The more aware we are of our basic paradigms, maps, or assumptions, and the extent to which we have been influenced by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no sound basis upon which it may be assumed that all poor men are godly and all rich men are… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
I had lots of trouble in school as a child, and I lost confidence. Teachers thought I was stupid. I learned to… — Richard Rogers Copy Share Image
The unconscious democracy of America is a very fine thing. It is a true and deep and instinctive assumption of the equality… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I am still not taking my "career" in music for granted. It is constantly surprising that it works. Generally my thinking about… — Phil Elvrum Copy Share Image
“Hold fast, in your imagination, to all that is lovely and of good report, for the lovely and the good are essential… — Neville Copy Share Image
It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Ever since 9/11, the mood has changed quite a bit, and for the worst. The main cause for this change are the… — G.W. Sok Copy Share Image
Economic theorists, like French chefs in regard to food, have developed stylized models whose ingredients are limited by some unwritten rules. Just… — George Akerlof Copy Share Image
Abstract: Careful review of a vast array of relevant evidence clearly leads to the conclusion that some unidentified flying objects are intelligently… — Stanton T. Friedman Copy Share Image
Once the idea of a supernaturalistic creation is fully overcome, the idea returns that the universe must be self-organizing and therefore composed… — David Ray Griffin Copy Share Image
The issue Fodor writes about is central to the psychology of perception, cognition, and action. It is the central issue for anyone… — Alvin Liberman Copy Share Image
Chronological snobbery is the uncritical acceptance of the intellectual climate common to our own age and the assumption that whatever has gone… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Jesus smashed two of the rich young ruler's assumptions: Christianity is something you can ADD and something you can DO. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Along with others, I have tried to pry economists away from narrow assumptions about self interest. Behavior is driven by a much… — Gary Becker Copy Share Image
Hate it when people assume things about people when they're the exact opposite of the assumption. No one deserves that, just let… — Anonymous 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
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties. — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
If I were a man, I would strenuously object to the assumption that women have any moral or spiritual superiority as a… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
The invalid assumption that correlation implies cause is probably among the two or three most serious and common errors of human reasoning. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Some of the roots of role-playing games (RPGs) are grounded in clinical and academic role assumption and role-playing exercises. — Gary Gygax Copy Share Image
If you look at the history of big obstacles in understanding our world, there's usually an intuitive assumption underlying them that's wrong. — Jeff Hawkins Copy Share Image
A theory's assumptions always are and ought to be unrealistic. Further, we should attempt to make them more unrealistic in order to… — Satoshi Kanazawa Copy Share Image
“Assumptions are the most damaging enemies of our mind’s equilibrium...An assumption is an imaginary truth.” — A.A. Alebraheem Copy Share Image
I think there is limits to the assumption that wherever you are, the situation in a way tells you how to behave. — Ingrid Betancourt 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
Don't make assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
Bands like Nirvana had theatrical sensibilities, playing with image, challenging assumptions people were making about them, the apex being Kurt Cobain in… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
