Assuming Quotes
1443 quotes by 1146 authors
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Assuming that women don't like football and that men aren't intersted in home decorating and cooking.
— Paulo Coelho
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The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about the people. It…
— Fisher Ames
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The practical man is the adventurer, the investigator, the believer in research, the asker of questions, the man who refuses to believe that perfection has…
— Henry Harrower
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A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized. Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the world is a…
— Suzanne Vega
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The positive outlook that optimists project does not come from ignoring or denying problems. Optimists simply assume that problems are temporary and can be solved,…
— Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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To assume that His plan fails and that he strives to no effect is to reduce Him to the level of His creatures and make…
— Loraine Boettner
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Looking at obesity without preconceived ideas, one would assume that the main trend of research should be directed toward an examination of abnormalities of the…
— Hilde Bruch
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Assume that your worldview is not borne by the public. More than that: Do not assume that those who think differently are idiots. Before you…
— Rolf Dobelli
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Computers bootstrap their own offspring, grow so wise and incomprehensible that their communiqués assume the hallmarks of dementia: unfocused and irrelevant to the barely-intelligent creatures…
— Peter Watts
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You should never assume. You know what happens when you assume. You make an ass out of you and me because that's how it's spelled.
— Ellen DeGeneres
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Going green doesn’t start with doing green acts — it starts with a shift in consciousness. This shift allows you to recognize that with every…
— Ian Somerhalder
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I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people…
— William S. Burroughs
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I don't have great thighs. I have very big breasts and a soft, fatty little tummy. And I've got back fat. People assume that I'm…
— Jamie Lee Curtis
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No one ever gets tired of loving. But everyone gets tired of waiting, assuming, hearing lies, and hurting.
— Megan Fox
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I know Dark Phoenix is a huge part of the X-Men saga, so I'm assuming they're at least going to want to touch on it,…
— Famke Janssen
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Ladies there is no neutral position for us to assume.
— Gertrude Stein
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I am a feminist and I am totally pro-choice, but what's funny is when you say that people assume that you are pro-abortion. I don't…
— Ellen Page
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I came across awful characters when I got some kind of status and came to Hollywood. Then you have directors trying to sleep with you,…
— Stacey Dash
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People said, ‘You must be mad, or on drugs,’ which I found a bit disappointing. What about imagination? It reflects our time that people sooner…
— Noel Fielding
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