Assumption Quotes

680 Assumption quotes by 563 unique authors

The assumption that things which have been conjured in the past will always be conjured in the guiding principle not of rational but of animal… — C.S. Lewis
We have a dangerous tendency to misunderstand, minimize, and even manipulate the gospel in order to accommodate our assumptions and our desires. — David Platt
The dangerous assumption we unknowingly accept in the American dream is that our greatest asset is our own ability. — David Platt
Next to the assumption of power is the responsibility of relinquishing it. — Benjamin Disraeli
We cannot be effective if we continue to cling to the old ways, the old strategies, the old assumptions. — George Barna
The world breaks everyone or nearly everyone, of their childish illusions, assumptions and wishes, often painfully and afterwards due to the personal growth in practical… — Ernest Hemingway
Creativity requires the freedom to consider 'unthinkable' alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices. Every organization, every society is under the spell of assumptions… — John W. Gardner
An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor [group think] of the age and not go flopping along. By… — Evelyn Waugh
Assumptions are dangerous things to make, and like all dangerous things to make - bombs, for instance, or strawberry shortcake - if you make even… — Daniel Handler
Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties. — Fulton J. Sheen
I work on the assumption, or let it be the fear, that the reader will stop reading if I stop being interesting. — Clive James
The state incurs debts for politics, war, and other higher causes and 'progress'. . . . The assumption is that the future will honour this… — Jacob Burckhardt
Most of them have, of course, an agenda; mostly born-again Christians looking to save my soul. I suppose the assumption is made that because I'm… — Eric Rudolph
Indeed taking all the evidence together, it is not too much to say that there is no single historic incident better or more variously supported… — Brooke Westcott
Most men, if you just tell them what to do in a businesslike fashion, will follow directions without thinking about it. One proceeds on the… — Lynne Reid Banks
Writing is an act of hope. It means carving order out of chaos, of challenging one's own beliefs and assumptions, of facing the world with… — Jack Heffron
He who dictates and formulates the words and phrases we use, he who is master of the press and radio, is master of the mind.… — Joost Meerloo
I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a skeptical attitude toward… — Noam Chomsky
Feminism, unlike almost every other social movement, is not a struggle against a distinct oppressor - it's not the ruling class or the occupiers or… — Kavita Ramdas
[Americans] think that choice, as seen through the American lens, best fulfills an innate and universal desire for choice in all humans. Unfortunately, these beliefs… — Sheena Iyengar
Human capital analysis starts with the assumption that individuals decide on their education, training, medical care, and other additions to knowledge and health by weighing… — Gary Becker
We believe that when we choose anything, judge a stranger and even fall in love, we understand the principal factors that influenced us. Very often… — Leonard Mlodinow
We all dream; it is a mystery in which all humankind participates. Â I realize this is an assumption, but it is one that I… — Andrew D. Chumbley
Some of the roots of role-playing games (RPGs) are grounded in clinical and academic role assumption and role-playing exercises. — Gary Gygax
A worldview is a commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a story or in a set of presuppositions (assumptions… — James W. Sire

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