Assumption Quotes

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It ain't easy to break out of a mold, but if you do your work, people will ultimately see what you're capable of. Too often,… — Christopher Meloni
With cult foods, there is an underlying assumption that the best cooking ideas came generations ago. Yet culinary innovation is nothing to be ashamed of.… — Nathan Myhrvold
You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise. — Leonard Nimoy
People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the… — Steven Pinker
We have no right to assume that any physical laws exist, or if they have existed up until now, that they will continue to exist… — Max Planck
The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure… — Herbert Read
We're living in a whole new social and economic order with a whole new set of problems and challenges. Old assumptions and old programs don't… — Ann Richards
It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy. — John D. Rockefeller
Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
When we believe in lies, we cannot see the truth, so we make thousands of assumptions and we take them as truth. One of the… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
In our development, as we grow throughout our lives, the structure of our beliefs becomes very complicated, and we make it even more complicated because… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Never assume the obvious is true. — William Safire
Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way - not all. That fundamental assumption holds women… — Sheryl Sandberg
When I was a kid, and I was odd, the default assumption was that I was odd, not that I was gay. Now when a… — Dan Savage
What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts. — George Bernard Shaw
My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to… — Peter Singer
The Congressional Budget Office has been embarrassed repeatedly by making projections based on the assumption that tax revenues and tax rates move in the same… — Thomas Sowell
Three big assumptions proved wrong: one, that the Iraqi people would welcome us as liberators; two, that oil would soon pay for Iraqi's rebuilding; and,… — John Spratt
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of… — Igor Stravinsky
You never know what curve balls life is going to throw you and there's no way I can predict anything or make any assumptions about… — Carrie Underwood

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