Assuming Quotes

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We cannot hope, then, in this generation, or for several generations, that the mass of the whites can be brought to assume that close sympathetic… — W. E. B. Du Bois
I get weary of the European habit of taking our money, resenting any slight hint as to what they should do, and then assuming, in… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
It is always safe to assume that people are more subtle and less sensitive than they seem. — Eric Hoffer
Only a humorless tyrant could want a perpetual chanting of praises that, one has no choice but to assume, would be the innate virtues and… — Christopher Hitchens
What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume… — Dave Barry
If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most knows best how little he knows. — Thomas Jefferson
There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our sad humanity must assume the aspect of Hell. — Edgar Allan Poe
It is futile to assume that an initially ineffective advertisement still needs to wear in; wear-in either happens quickly or it does not happen at… — Unknown Author
We learn by reflecting on what has happened. The process seldom works in reverse, although most educational processes assume that it does. We hope that… — Charles Handy
If a group of beings from another planet were to land on Earth - beings who considered themselves as superior to you as you feel… — George Bernard Shaw
My practise as a scientist is atheistic. That is to say, when I set up an experiment I assume that no god, angel, or devil… — John B. S. Haldane
"I seek the meaning of existence," said the stranger. "You are of course assuming," said the Master, "that existence has a meaning." "Doesn't it?" "When… — Anthony de Mello
Most people assume that meditation is all about stopping thoughts, getting rid of emotions, somehow controlling the mind. But actually it's ... about stepping back,… — Andy Puddicombe
Only humans are judgmental, and because you are, you assume that I must be. Yet I am not, and that is the great truth you… — Neale Donald Walsch
It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all. — Josh Billings
If we hope and even assume that the social question will be answered through communism, and not in this or that country but in the… — Johann Most
The myriad valleys could have arisen anywhere on the landscape. The current positions are quite accidental. If we could repeat the experiment, we might obtain… — Stephen Jay Gould
It is, I believe, justifiable to make the generalization that anything an organic chemist can synthesize can be made without him. All he does is… — George Wells Beadle
The ordinary naturalist is not sufficiently aware that when dogmatizing on what species are, he is grappling with the whole question of the organic world… — Charles Lyell

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