Engineers are not superhuman. They make mistakes in their assumptions, in their calculations, in their conclusions. That they make mistakes is forgivable;… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
The default assumption is that - financial crises aside - growth will continue indefinitely. Not just for the poorest countries, where a… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
There's been more than one time when I've said something, and sort of the middle of what I've said is not said… — Howard Dean 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
For decades, we've worked under the assumption that mass culture follows a steadily declining path toward lowest-common-denominator standards, presumably because the 'masses'… — Steven Johnson 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
Responsibility for the creation of the good world in which the good life may be realized, which the frustrated ages of the… — Eustace Haydon Copy Share Image
One will meet, for example, the virtual assumption that what is relative to thought cannot be real. But why not, exactly? Red… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
As soon as science has emerged from its initial stages, theoretical advances are no longer achieved merely by a process of arrangement.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The history of the welfare state is the history of public enterprise pushing out private organization. The impact was largely unintentional, but… — Doug Bandow Copy Share Image
It is often asserted that discussion is only possible between people who have a common language and accept common basic assumptions. I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Near the end of the 1700s, philosophers began to declare that humans were rational individuals. People were flattered by being recognized as… — Alex Pentland 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
most Americans are in deep awe of things-as-they-are. Even with everything this obviously out of control, they still tell themselves that those… — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
I use my work as catharsis. That's often the best thing that we can do, is to allow ourselves to rage because… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The mistake that is made always runs the other way. Because the plain people are able to speak and understand, and even,… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The pervasive idea is that if you're a man in the fashion industry, you're gay until proven otherwise. And of course there… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
The argument that 'boys will be boys' actually carries the profoundly anti-male implication that we should expect bad behavior from boys and… — Jackson Katz Copy Share Image
The modernists started with the assumption that science is the only source of sure knowledge, that nature is all there is, and… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
“To be ignorant of the sacrifices of others that yielded the blessings I enjoy leaves me exchanging the reality of 'blessing' for… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
An odd contradiction, if the layman were correct in his unconscious assumption that an artist begins with reality and ends with art:… — Robert Motherwell Copy Share Image
I hate fame. There's this assumption that everyone wants it - that by being a musician, I've signed up for it at… — Chet Faker Copy Share Image
It is a dangerous assumption to say that people who drain energy "don't know what they are doing." People are sophisticated aware… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
At the end of one millennium and nine centuries of Christianity, it remains an unshakable assumption of the law in all Christian… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions,… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
The Chinese began with the assumption that the group is the fundamental unit of reality. Individuals? Sure, we can factor them out… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
In our development, as we grow throughout our lives, the structure of our beliefs becomes very complicated, and we make it even… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
My assumption when I began writing was that you were never going to make any money. And you were never going to… — Dorothy Allison 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
Women notice details that most men don't. They notice if your belt and shoes match. They notice what kinds of foods you… — Eben Pagan Copy Share Image
I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If I indulge myself and surrender to memory, I can still feel the knot of excitement that gripped me as I turned… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
As I say so often, “Observe and wait.” Sometimes you may even find out that what you believed the infant wanted was… — Magda Gerber Copy Share Image
I operate under the assumption that people don't notice the good in me. That's just how things always seem to play out.… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
People really do make the assumption that I had some weirdo Hollywood upbringing, but my parents are incredibly down-to-earth people who worked… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
So much American science fiction is parochial -- not as true now as it was years ago, but the assumption is one… — Poul Anderson Copy Share Image
The sneak-peeks you get off the top are of them in their real life. You're more invested, you know both of them,… — Kristin Lehman Copy Share Image
Trust your gut instinct over spreadsheets. There are too many variables in the real world that you simply can't put into a… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
The problem with labels is that they lead to stereotypes and stereotypes lead to generalizations and generalizations lead to assumptions and assumptions… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
