Assuming Quotes

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A lot of television tends to assume that audiences don't have the attention span or the IQ to follow a lot of stuff. — J. Michael Straczynski
I'm not the most loved person on the planet. People assume they understand who I am by what I do. — Mark T Bertolini
Often in America people would assume that [as an English actor] you've had some sort of deep, classical training, or that you're a Shakespeare enthusiast.… — Bill Nighy
The Simonian system can be extracted from the writings of Hippolytus. The cosmos begins with the one root, which is unfathomable Silence, pre-existent, limitless power,… — Edward F Edinger
Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin. — Josh Billings
Assuming that he believes at all, the everyday Christian is a pitiful figure, a man who really cannot count up to three, and who besides,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The fear that the universe is not what you assume it to be is very basic, especially when you know damn well it isn't what… — John C. Lilly
It would be foolish to despise tradition. But with our growing self-consciousness and increasing intelligence we must begin to control tradition and assume a critical… — Albert Einstein
Because your own strength is unequal to a task, do not assume it is beyond the powers of man. — Marcus Aurelius
One must keep one's character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can't, then assume one. — Mark Twain
The activity at this very moment must be the only thing that matters, to which one is fully given. If one is concentrated, it matters… — Erich Fromm
The image is made to order, tailored to us. An ideal, on the hand, has a claim on us. It does not serve us, we… — Daniel J. Boorstin
The innocent one is he who does not explain, for whom life is both a mystery and a total light, one who does not complain...… — Jean Giraudoux
No one can afford to assume that someone else will solve their problems. — Dalai Lama
New Yorkers are inclined to assume it will never rain, and certainly not on New Yorkers. — Brooks Atkinson
When the real is no longer what it used to be, nostalgia assumes its full meaning. — Jean Baudrillard
We now assume that when people turn on the evening news, they basically already know what the news is. They've heard it on the radio.… — Bob Schieffer
Since there is absolutely no logical reason to assume there is an afterlife, I decided to make the life I have now as much fun… — Ricky Gervais
The truth is that I don't like rehearsals. I get embarrassed hearing my own work. I assume that the cast is embarrassed to sing the… — Stephen Sondheim
For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility… — Carlos Castaneda

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