Assumption Quotes

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Families are like countries. They have their own language and jokes and secrets and assumptions about the right and wrong ways of doing things, and… — Roland Merullo
I operate under the assumption that people don't notice the good in me. That's just how things always seem to play out. I get blamed,… — Wendelin Van Draanen
Relationship Principle 6 Men see how you dress, and then make assumptions about your relationship potential. — Sherry Argov
In order to survive, we cling to all we know and understand. And label it reality. But knowledge and understanding are ambiguous. That reality could… — Masashi Kishimoto
Almost always when I told someone I was writing a book about "eating animals", they assumed, even without knowing anything about my views, that it… — Jonathan Safran Foer
...Everything has to be taken on trust; truth is only that what is taken to be true. It's the currency if living. There may be… — Tom Stoppard
The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions, which seem to… — Paul Johnson
Why do people want everyone to act just like they do? Talk like they do. Look like they do. Act like they do. And if… — Nora Raleigh Baskin
...This is the first time I have met someone who seeks out people and who sees beyond...We never look beyond our assumptions and, what's worse,… — Muriel Barbery
I sometimes react to making a mistake as if I have betrayed myself. My fear of making a mistake seems to be based on the… — Hugh Prather
From the scientific view, the theory of karma may be a metaphysical assumption -- but it is no more so than the assumption that all… — Dalai Lama
The very power of [textbook writers] depends on the fact that they are dealing with a boy: a boy who thinks he is â€˜doingâ€™ his… — C.S. Lewis
The assumption of time is one of humanity's greatest follies. We tell ourselves that there's always tomorrow, when we can no more predict tomorrow than… — Richard Paul Evans
Iâ€™m going to make the wildly unfounded assumption that Sataraâ€™s dead by your hand and not Toryâ€™s. Now, stay with me on this, Cajun. My… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
The worst thing about e-mail is that you canâ€™t interrupt the other person. You have to read the whole thing and then e-mail them back,… — George Carlin
The two men stared at each other. Assumptions were made, judgments rendered, dicks measured. — Jennifer Estep
Five senses; an incurably abstract intellect; a haphazardly selective memory; a set of preconceptions and assumptions so numerous that I can never examine more than… — C.S. Lewis
You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the assumption that evey sound you made was overheard, and, except… — George Orwell
But it is much later in the game now, and ignorance of the score is inexcusable. To be unaware that a technology comes equipped with… — Neil Postman
Lawrence immediately saw that it was a trick question. You would have to be some kind of idiot to make the facile assumption that the… — Neal Stephenson

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