Assumption Quotes

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As I say so often, â€œObserve and wait.â€ Sometimes you may even find out that what you believed the infant wanted was only your assumption.… — Magda Gerber
Most of our notions about the world come from a set of assumptions which we take for granted, and which, for the most part, we… — Werner Erhard
I do not like the word tolerance, but could not think of a better one. Tolerance implies a gratuitous assumption of the inferiority of other… — Mahatma Gandhi
Intolerance is natural and logical, for in every dissenting opinion lies an assumption of superior wisdom. — Ambrose Bierce
Given the expectations of society at large, men are generally correct in their assumption that it is important for a woman to have a man.… — Gloria Steinem
Our military plans should be based on the assumption of unpredictability, rather than on carefully drawn, static models of the world. — James Fallows
The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. — Robert Breault
The social order of things has demanded an emphasis on the differences between gender that do not in my opinion in fact exist. Iâ€™m not… — Roni Horn
Nature is pretty good at networks, self-organizing systems. By contrast, social systems are top-down and hierarchical, from which we draw the basic assumption that organization… — Nicholas Negroponte
The blind conviction that we have to do something about other people's reproductive behavior, and that we may have to do it whether they like… — Germaine Greer
The American myth is of free will in its simple, primary sense. One can choose oneself and will oneself; and this absurdly optimistic assumption so… — John Fowles
What I have against M.B.A.s is the assumption that you come out of a two-year program probably never having been a manager - at least… — Henry Mintzberg
Our minds have the need to know. When we dont know we make assumptions - they make us feel safer than not knowing. And we… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
The belief in God is not therefore based on the perception of design in nature. Belief in design in nature is based upon the belief… — Chapman Cohen
I like the rough impersonality of New York ... Human relations are oiled by jokes, complaints, and confessions-all made with the assumption of never seeing… — Bill Bradley
The feudal concept of self-preservation is poisoned at the core by the virulent assumption of master and man, of potentate and slave, of external and… — Louis Sullivan
While analogies are useful, however, they can also be misleading. They smuggle in assumptions that can be wrong. — Michael Mandelbaum
If we base our belief systems on the humble assumption that the complexities of the world are ontologically beyond our understanding, then maybe our belief… — Unknown Author
The human mind inherently seeks intelligible order. Thus the conviction that such an order exists to be found is a crucial assumption. — Nancy Pearcey
A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And… — Wendell Pierce

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