Assuming Quotes

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When you've been in the tabloids as a drunken 'It-boy', people automatically assume you're thick. — Nick Moran
It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be… — Yuri Milner
When I got to filmmaking, the most democratic of environments where anybody could say anything, those were the best environments, but what you don't want… — Rick Moranis
The individual in the ordinary circumstances of living may feel more unreal than real; in a literal sense, more dead than alive; precariously differentiated from… — R. D. Laing
The anceints devoted a lifetime to the study of arithmetic; it required days to extract a square root or to multiply two numbers together. Is… — John Perry
Our negative thoughts are valuable messages to us about our deeper fears and negative attitudes. These usually are so basic to our thinking and feeling… — Shakti Gawain
I am absolutely sick unto death of hearing people say - they all say this; it must be Item One on the curriculum in Trend… — Dave Barry
I suspect there could be life and intelligence out there in forms we can't conceive. Just as a chimpanzee can't understand quantum theory, it could… — Martin Rees
Churches are healthier and stronger if they assume responsibility both for financing their own programs and for stimulating their members to accept that responsibility. — John M Swomley
Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think. — Sara Sheridan
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian… — Edmund Burke
The arms race is based on an optimistic view of technology and a pessimistic view of man. It assumes there is no limit to the… — I F Stone
We cannot assume the injustice of any actions which only create offense, and especially as regards religion and morals. He who utters or does anything… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
It is, indeed, part of the liberal attitude to assume that, especially in the economic field, the self-regulating forces of the market will somehow bring… — Friedrich August von Hayek
I assume that if people get to know me, they'll like me. If they don't, it's not my problem. — Mira Sorvino
Anger is a tool for change when it challenges us to become more of an expert on the self and less of an expert on… — Harriet Lerner
My instinct is to assume that we consumers are an inconsistent bunch. We like competition if it delivers low prices, but grumble if it delivers… — Evan Davis
Personally, I don't see old economics and behavioural economics as opposed. It is useful to assume people are rational as a good approximation to their… — Evan Davis
If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and… — Nancy Gibbs
The Mode of circular reasoning is the form used when the proof itself which ought to establish the matter of inquiry requires confirmation derived from… — Sextus Empiricus

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