Assumed Quotes

439 Assumed quotes by 377 unique authors

Perhaps there is no other knowing than the mere competence of the act. If at the heart of one's being, there is no self to… — Alan Watts
There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others. — Milton Sapirstein
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in the happy hour when… — George Washington
A monumental decision such as starting a family requires persuasive dissertations, licences, spreadsheets and field research. That's what I assumed until one night when we… — Ryan Knighton
Modern times are dominated by Satan and will be more so in the future. The conflict with hell cannot be engaged by men, even the… — Maximilian Kolbe
Faith, indeed, has up to the present not been able to move real mountains, although I do not know who assumed that it could. But… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We are assumed to be rather hopeless - swallowed up by incorrect notions, divorced from the original genius with which we are born, lost within… — Elizabeth Berg
Dessert doesn't count if you eat under an assumed identity. — Valerie Harper
The man assumed office almost four years ago - isn't it about time he assumed responsibility? — Paul Ryan
There on the sofa, as I nursed Maxie and her eyes slid closed, I said to the girls, 'I think nursing is where kisses come… — Katherine Center
By the time we hit the streets they were silent and closed in on us, and they had assumed the Nonchalant Look, an expression that… — Susanna Kaysen
We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built. — Larry Niven
All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
It is always assumed that Venice is the ideal place for a honeymoon. This is a grave error. To live in Venice or even to… — Peggy Guggenheim
The revision of the books of Judges, Samuel, and Kings, undertaken towards the end of the Babylonian exile, a revision much more thorough than is… — Julius Wellhausen
What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue. — Thomas Paine
The most dangerous ideas in a society are not the ones being argued, but the ones that are assumed. — C.S. Lewis
I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone… — Haruki Murakami
There is One God and One Mediator between God and man, the man Jesus Christ (cf. I Tim. 2:5). For He still pleads even now… — Gregory of Nazianzus
The flesh does not by its own virtue purify, but is purified by virtue of the Word by which it was assumed, when 'the Word… — Saint Augustine
The Lord came to send fire upon the earth (cf. Lk. 12:49), and through participation in this fire He makes divine not just the human… — Gregory Palamas
Id always assumed that by 40 Id have at least a modicum of stability - a steady income, an established career, a bountiful fullness, like… — Deborah Copaken
I'm still insecure, but when I first started acting, I was really insecure. I glared at a lot of people. I assumed everyone hated me.… — Norman Reedus
I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal. — Ben Stein
I don't want to say anything about my kids...but I go to PTA meetings under an assumed name! — Robert Orben

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