Assuming Quotes
1443 quotes by 1146 authors
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..Such practices and beliefs, which interfere with happiness, are neither inevitable nor necessary; they evolved by chance, as a result of random responses to accidental…
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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When you are in a relationship, you are aware that it might end. You might grow apart, find someone else, simply fall out of love.…
— Emily Giffin
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A man always assumes that others are as virtuous as himself
— Orson Scott Card
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I'm here to tell you, though, ladies that the term "gold digger" is one of the traps we men set to keep you off our…
— Steve Harvey
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Because he sounded so lost-the Eric I knew had never been one to do anything other than assume others should serve him-I patted around under…
— Charlaine Harris
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In northwest Alaska, kunlangeta "might be applied to a man who, for example, repeatedly lies and cheats and steals things and does not go hunting,…
— Martha Stout
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All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include…
— Friedrich August von Hayek
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Assuming you can write clear English sentences, give up all worry about communication. If you want to communicate, use the telephone.
— Richard Hugo
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The thing about the Mirror is that no one knows where it is. In fact, no one knows what it is.†"It’s a mirror,†Simon…
— Cassandra Clare
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If the ordinary wage-earner worked four hours a day, there would be enough for everybody and no unemployment -- assuming a certain very moderate amount…
— Bertrand Russell
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anybody can be a princess. all you have todo is have the right parents. it's no harder than being born Paris Hilton, for God's sake.…
— Meg Cabot
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We can assume that most people, most of the time, are moral creatures. But imagine that this morality is like a gearshift that at times…
— Philip Zimbardo
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God... It is a strange fact that Christians and even ministers frequently consider their…
— Brennan Manning
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
— Walt Whitman
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Will Thisbee gave me The Beginner's Cook-Book for Girl Guides. It was just the thing; the writer assumes you know nothing about cookery and writes…
— Mary Ann Shaffer
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Now I don't know why he's denying them habeas corpus. I can only assume the guys they got detained over there did something really unforgivable.…
— Stephen Colbert
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There is no reason to assume that the universe has the slightest interest in intelligence—or even in life. Both may be random accidental by-products of…
— Arthur C. Clarke
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People are suspicious of single men on vacation, after they get to a certain age: they assume that they're selfish, and probably a bit pervy.…
— Michel Houellebecq
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I always tend to assume there's an infinite amount of money out there." There might as well be, "Arsibalt said, "but most of it gets…
— Neal Stephenson
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If we are creating ourselves all the time, then it is never too late to begin creating the bodies we want instead of the ones…
— Deepak Chopra
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