Assumption Quotes

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The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious. — Lester Bangs
Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many interesting implications. — Gary Becker
The bad-boy label is just an assumption. — Russell Brand
The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making… — David Brin
A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper courtroom… — Harry Browne
I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and… — Warren Buffett
As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit… — Julie Burchill
History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions. — Ken Burns
Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come… — Alan Alda
The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you allow in before it takes… — David Byrne
In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of those lighter browns in the… — Sherman Alexie
The unconscious democracy of America is a very fine thing. It is a true and deep and instinctive assumption of the equality of citizens, which… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The assumption being that if high-risk children could be made to 'feel good about themselves,' these epidemics could be mitigated. ... This prescription, unfortunately, has… — John Rosemond
The risk of developing carcinoma of the lung increases steadily as the amount smoked increases. If the risk among non-smokers is taken as unity and… — Richard Doll
No engineer can go upon a new work and not find something peculiar, that will demand his careful reflection, and the deliberate consideration of any… — John B. Jervis
Government is the assumption of authority over a given area and all within it, exercised generally for the double purpose of more complete oppression of… — Benjamin Tucker
No man has a right in America to treat any other man "tolerantly" for tolerance is the assumption of superiority. Our liberties are equal rights… — Wendell Willkie
We create institutions and policies on the basis of the way we make assumptions about us and others. We accept the fact that we will… — Muhammad Yunus
Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest. — Marilyn Ferguson
That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions, and were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions. — George Santayana

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