Assumption Quotes

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Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love, that true love does not exist, cling to these assumptions because this despair… — Bell Hooks
A tornado of thought is unleashed after each new insight. This in turn results in an earthquake of assumptions. These are natural disasters that re-shape… — Vera Nazarian
When I was raped I lost my virginity and almost lost my life. I also discarded certain assumptions I had held about how the world… — Alice Sebold
It is predicated on the assumption that you dislike what you are doing during the most physically capable years of your life. This is a… — Tim Ferriss
Our entire society is based on discontent. People wanting more and more and more. Being constantly dissatisfied with their homes, their bodies, their dÃ©cor, their… — Tana French
The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption. — Alan Dean Foster
The foundation of individual rights is the assumption that people have wants and needs and are authorities on what those wants and needs are. If… — Steven Pinker
Hearts, you say? You Humans are always so quick to speak of such things. As though you carry your hearts in the very palms of… — Tite Kubo
There are few times when we know with absolute certainty we are going to do something for the last time. Life has a way of… — Megan Hart
What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life. From this… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The first thing to understand about nutritionism is that it is not the same thing as nutrition. As the "-ism" suggests, it is not a… — Michael Pollan
Many of her thoughts were perfect syllogisms; unluckily they always remained thoughts. Only a few were irrational assumptions; but, unfortunately, they were the ones which… — Thomas Hardy
All reined up in old language and old assumptions, straining to jump clean-hoofed on to a whole new track of being I only suspect is… — Peter Shaffer
As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who attacked you. You retreated into myths of… — Mohsin Hamid
She laughed out loud, a warm, knowing laughter that made me once again wonder about the secret ingredient in these womenâ€™s lives. Whatever it was,… — Anne Fortier
The assumption that you everyone else is like you. That you are the world. The disease of consumer capitalism. The complacent solipsism. — David Foster Wallace
If others tell us something we make assumptions, and if they don't tell us something we make assumptions to fulfill our need to know and… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
It was possible, maybe, to have facts in your mind that weren't facts at all. You could build a whole life's story on false assumptions.… — Deb Caletti
Most deadly errors arise from obsolete assumptions. — Frank Herbert
He had lived and acted on the assumption that he was alone, and now he saw that he had not been. What he had done… — Richard Wright

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