Assuming Quotes

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The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Adults often assume that most learning is the result of teaching and that exploratory, spontaneous learning is unusual. But actually, spontaneous learning is more fundamental. — Alison Gopnik
As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are… — Al Gore
Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam… — Al Gore
People always assume I don't need to work for money, but my divorce settlement was not as much as it's always reported to be. — Daphne Guinness
I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you're quoted in the 'Wall Street Journal,' the 'New York Times,' constantly as… — Barbara Corcoran
To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending. — Rafael Correa
What's great about comedy, obviously, is that you set up a situation that people assume one thing and then you break the assumption. That's basically… — Bryan Cranston
The minute you start assuming that the audience is very happy to see the same show again, you're dead. — Simon Cowell
New Yorkers have a delightfully narcissistic habit of assuming that if they're not conscious of a scene, it doesn't exist. — Sloane Crosley
The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who investigate heresies must be heretics; just as if a doctor… — Aleister Crowley
People who assume I want to run for elected office may be dealing from a bad assumption. — Andrew Cuomo
Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency. — Dinesh D'Souza
Even though the National Guard and Army Reserve see combat today, it rankles me that people assume it was some kind of waltz in the… — Larry David
The worst mistake you can make is underrating your enemy. Assuming that they're evil - I think it's a terrible thing to do. — Alan Dershowitz
Write as if you were dying. At the same time, assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients. That is, after all,… — Annie Dillard
Should Sen. McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for President in my lifetime. I… — James Dobson
Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake. — Peter Drucker
God knows how many things a man misses by becoming smug and assuming that matters will take their own course. — Loren Eiseley
Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith,… — Tryon Edwards

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