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439 Assumed quotes by 377 unique authors

Responsibility for the creation of the good world in which the good life may be realized, which the frustrated ages of the past loaded upon… — Eustace Haydon
In those days [batch processing] programmers never even documented their programs, because it was assumed that nobody else would ever use them. Now, however, time-sharing… — Unknown Author
An angry look on the face is wholly against nature. If it be assumed frequently, beauty begins to perish, and in the end is quenched… — Marcus Aurelius
I woke with a start. At first I assumed I'd trumped myself awake again. — Steve Coogan
There are plenty of things that are unknown, but are assumed reasonably to exist, even in the most basic sciences. Maybe 90 percent of the… — Noam Chomsky
It is assumed that the woman must wait, motionless, until she is wooed. That is how the spider waits for the fly. — George Bernard Shaw
All progressive thought has assumed tacitly that human beings desire nothing beyond ease, security and avoidance of pain ... Hitler, because in his joyless mind… — George Orwell
Based on my time living with rats and mice in Washington, D.C., I have always assumed that animals will escape such fires, since their senses… — Bruce Friedrich
But here let me say one thing: From the moment I entered the insane ward on the Island, I made no attempt to keep up… — Nellie Bly
The greater the conceptual significance of a literary product, the more it should be assumed that it is based on an idea that determines the… — Ferdinand Christian Baur
People have often assumed that for music to be emotionally powerful it has to come directly from a human hand, whereas I disagree with that,… — Squarepusher
The traditional dress of the Australian cricketer is the baggy green cap on the head and the chip on the shoulder. Both are ritualistically assumed — Simon Barnes
Enlightened social engineering is required to face situations that demand global action now. Education is a long-term solution. Parents and the general public must be… — John Goodlad
I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something. — Alan Alda
Few things are more commonly misunderstood than the nature and meaning of theocracy. It is commonly assumed to be a dictatorial rule by self-appointed men… — R.J. Rushdoony
Assault weapons—just like armor-piercing bullets, machine guns, and plastic firearms—are a new topic. The weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic… — Josh Sugarmann
It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with all… — John George Nicolay
In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen concepts. — Stephen Gardiner
The physical reality is assumed to be the wave function of the whole universe itself. — Hugh Jackman
I have spent some months in England, have seen an awful lot and learned little. England is not a land of science, there is only… — Justus von Liebig
A government at bottom is nothing more than a group of men, and as a practical matter most of them are inferior men. ... Yet… — H. L. Mencken
If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop a sense of… — Richard V. Allen
I remember the day I turned thirty. I was getting out of the shower and I stood in front of the mirror and stared at… — Terry McMillan
If all properly economic problems were solved once for all . . . the social struggle and strife would . . . [not necessarily] be… — Frank Knight
The men began to trade tales of atrocities, first stories they had heard, then those they'd witnessed, and finally the things that had happened to… — Toni Morrison

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