Assuming Quotes

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There's no obvious reason to assume that the very same rare properties that allow for our existence would also provide the best overall setting to… — Guillermo Gonzalez
Ask me if Christianity (my version of it, yours, the Pope's, whoever's) is orthodox, meaning true, and here's my honest answer: a little, but not… — Brian D. McLaren
When a woman extends her hand for you to shake it, then you shake her hand. You do not turn it up and kiss it.… — Paula Poundstone
Well, I myself am a 100% atheist. And I am increasingly worried that the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, which dominates our entire life, is assuming a more… — Uri Avnery
Let us assume that the Turks in whose ranks Europeans were fighting as well, even in high positions, would have conquered Vienna and Europe in… — Heinrich Himmler
We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement has… — Paul Hawken
A good rule of thumb is to assume that everything matters. — Richard Thaler
Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are no… — Humphry Davy
No one truly knows what they will do in a certain situation until they are actually in it. It's very easy to judge someone else's… — Ashly Lorenzana
My own opinion is that belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one… — Robert Anton Wilson
Here is my challenge. Name one ethical statement made, or one ethical action performed, by a believer that could not have been uttered or done… — Christopher Hitchens
If the consequences are the same it is always better to assume the more limited antecedent, since in things of nature the limited, as being… — Aristotle
Philosophers get attention only when they appear to be doing something sinister--corrupting the youth, undermining the foundations of civilization, sneering at all we hold dear.… — Richard Rorty
The very act of writing assumes, to begin with, that someone cares to hear what you have to say. It assumes that people share, that… — Tobias Wolff
Every facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your… — Jack Kornfield
When you ride in a boat and watch the shore, you might assume that the shore is moving. But when you keep your eyes closely… — Dogen
I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred — Jeane Kirkpatrick
Our task is to build cultural fortresses to protect our emerging nativeness. They must be strong enough to hold at bay the powers of consumerism,… — Wes Jackson
The quality of business communications has become poorer in recent years as people avoid phone calls and face-to-face meetings, I can only assume, in some… — Richard Branson
I thought about how easily we are all brainwashed by our society and culture to stop thinking and just assume by default that more money… — Tony Hsieh

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