Assumption Quotes

680 quotes by 563 authors

The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion. — Ulrich Beck
If you're black in America, race is a factor in your life. Start with that assumption. — Henry Hampton
Many people assume that they can probably find many ways to save time. This is an incorrect assumption for it is only when you focus… — Douglas Merrill
The second noble truth states that we must discover why we are suffering. We must cultivate the courage to look deeply, with clarity and courage,… — Peter A. Levine
Far from the truth lay the antique assumption that man had fathered the weapon. The weapon, instead, had fathered man. — Robert Ardrey
Do not be the judge of people; do not make assumptions about others. A person is destroyed by holding judgments about others. — Gautama Buddha
Our current use of time is not rational. There is therefore no point in seeking marginal improvements in how we spend our time. We need… — Richard Koch
You could only draw conclusions about my personal sexual politics if you proceed from the assumption that I was presenting the characters as the way… — Steven Moffat
To assume that a bigger pipeline is a better pipeline is a dangerous assumption. — Jason Jordan
The possibility of saying anything about a thing rests on the assumption that it preserves its identity, or continues to be the same thing in… — Frank Knight
The assumption that things which have been conjured in the past will always be conjured in the guiding principle not of rational but of animal… — C.S. Lewis
We have a dangerous tendency to misunderstand, minimize, and even manipulate the gospel in order to accommodate our assumptions and our desires. — David Platt
The dangerous assumption we unknowingly accept in the American dream is that our greatest asset is our own ability. — David Platt
Next to the assumption of power is the responsibility of relinquishing it. — Benjamin Disraeli
We cannot be effective if we continue to cling to the old ways, the old strategies, the old assumptions. — George Barna
The world breaks everyone or nearly everyone, of their childish illusions, assumptions and wishes, often painfully and afterwards due to the personal growth in practical… — Ernest Hemingway
Creativity requires the freedom to consider 'unthinkable' alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices. Every organization, every society is under the spell of assumptions… — John W. Gardner
An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor [group think] of the age and not go flopping along. By… — Evelyn Waugh
Assumptions are dangerous things to make, and like all dangerous things to make - bombs, for instance, or strawberry shortcake - if you make even… — Daniel Handler
Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties. — Fulton J. Sheen

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