Assumption Quotes

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Thus, be it understood, to demonstrate a theorem, it is neither necessary nor even advantageous to know what it means. The geometer might be replaced… — Henri Poincare
But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
If, with the literate, I am Impelled to try an epigram, I never seek to take the credit; We all assume that Oscar said it. — Dorothy Parker
J, n. A consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel . . . from a Latin verb, "jacere", "to throw," because… — Ambrose Bierce
"One and one make two" assumes that the changes in the shift of circumstance are unimportant. But it is impossible for us to analyze this… — Alfred North Whitehead
In the Life of Darwin by his son, there is related an incident of how the great naturalist once studied long as to just what… — Elbert Hubbard
My view is that consciousness, the seat of "personalness," is the ultimate reality, and is also scientifically impenetrable. In other words, there is no scientific… — Ray Kurzweil
The individual comes face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. The American mind has not come to a realisation of the… — J. Edgar Hoover
This one question-'What do I know for certain?'-is tremendously powerful. When you look deeply into this question, it actually destroys your world. It destroys your… — Adyashanti
What the Metaphysics of Quality would do is take this separate category, Quality, and show how it contains within itself both subjects and objects. The… — Robert M. Pirsig
Assumption Theory: The only safe assumption in life is that the person who assures you that everything is all right is all wrong. — Robert Ringer
Some people become so expert at reading between the lines they don't read the lines. — Margaret Millar
If you never assume importance, you never lose it. — Laozi
Whether I am meant to or not, I challenge assumptions about women. I do make some people uncomfortable, which I'm well aware of, but that's… — Hillary Clinton
Greed is the assumption that it is all for my consumption. — Andy Stanley
Those that think my clothes are androgynous also still believe that women should look like Barbie dolls. That's precisely the problem, the deep-rooted assumptions about… — Ann Demeulemeester
All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it requires an ensemble… — Henry Petroski
The best way to do research is to make a radical assumption and then assume it's true. For me, I use the assumption that object… — Bill Joy
If I am a pure product of genetic, cultural, or class determination, I have no responsibility for my action in the world and, therefore, it… — Paulo Freire
The argument that 'boys will be boys' actually carries the profoundly anti-male implication that we should expect bad behavior from boys and men. The assumption… — Jackson Katz

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