"It is a grave error to assume that……" — Anne Fadiman

"It is a grave error to assume that ice cream consumption requires hot weather."

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36 Quotes by Anne Fadiman

Anne Fadiman has 36 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Something amazing happens when the rest of the world is sleeping. I am glued to my chair. I forget that…
I, on the other hand, believe that books, maps, scissors, and Scotch tape dispensers are all unreliable vagrants, likely to…
For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me.
Our view of reality is only a view, not reality itself.
If the soul cannot find its jacket. it is condemned to an eternity of wandering--naked and alone
One of the convenient things about literature is that, despite copyrights [...] a book belongs to the reader as well…
Muses are fickle, and many a writer, peering into the voice, has escaped paralysis by ascribing the creative responsibility to…
In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh…
Books wrote our life story, and as they accumulated on our shelves (and on our windowsills, and underneath our sofa,…
It has long been my belief that everyone's library contains an Odd Shelf. On this shelf rests a small, mysterious…
A philosophy professor at my college, whose baby became enamored of the portrait of David Hume on a Penguin paperback,…
I can imagine few worse fates than walking around for the rest of one's life wearing a typo.

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More Assume Quotes

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You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man;… — Marcus Aurelius
When it comes to personnel issues, I act professionally and respectful of former employees. I just assume that's a two-way… — Michele Bachmann
I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume… — Amy Adams
The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious. — Lester Bangs
Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they… — Dave Barry
Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship. — Dave Barry
Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important… — Melissa Bean
Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young. — Martha Beck
All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong.… — Theodore Bikel
All of the people who are using their BlackBerries or their iPhones, Facebook, all of the people who are sitting… — Tony Abbott
Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let… — Buzz Aldrin

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