Assumption Quotes

680 Assumption quotes by 563 unique authors

When you're surrounded by people who share the same set of assumptions as you, you start to think that's reality. — Emily Levine
The assumption that Derrida always knows what he is talking about is not Derridean. — Timothy Morton
The assumption of Jesus' program for his people on earth was that they would live their lives as his students and co-laborers. — Dallas Willard
A basic assumption shapes most Americans’ mindset about labor: the belief that the death of unions isn’t my problem because I’m not in a union.… — Eric Liu
People make interesting assumptions about the profession. The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail… — Sara Sheridan
Incorrect assumptions lie at the root of every failure. Have the courage to test your assumptions. — Brian Tracy
Your working assumption, when you meet a homophobe, should be that they are gay. — Johann Hari
The American way of stress is comparable to Freud's 'beloved symptom', his name for the cherished neurosis that a patient cultivates like the rarest of… — Florence King
There's this whole assumption that girls like bad boys, but I have to disagree; I think 'nice' will go a long way. — Brooke Burke
Don't make assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
The history of the welfare state is the history of public enterprise pushing out private organization. The impact was largely unintentional, but natural and inevitable.… — Doug Bandow
Christian apologists who argue that a story about an empty tomb is convincing evidence of a resurrected body are likely unfamiliar with Occam’s razor, which… — David G. McAfee
The difference between a good educator and a great educator is that the former figures out how to work within the constraints of traditional policies… — Alfie Kohn
SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent. — Ambrose Bierce
Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by. — John Sayles
I think that's created a healthy environment. The comparisons to "ER" were maddening and there was this assumption that the two of us were looking… — Adam Arkin
On scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two. For it is an irrational process that cannot be described… — Fred Hoyle
In ridiculing a pathetic human fallacy, which seeks explanation where none need be sought and which multiplies unnecessary assumptions, one should not mimic primitive ontology… — Christopher Hitchens
The criterion of simplicity requires that the minimum number of assumptions be postulated. — Albert Low
Most of us have no idea what we can do because we are totally conditioned by the past. Our memories, beliefs, assumptions, prejudices, and stresses… — Deepak Chopra
It is always better to ask then to make an assumption. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat; Of habits devil, is angel yet in this. — William Shakespeare
We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable. — Neal A. Maxwell
There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others. — Milton Sapirstein

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