Assumption Quotes

680 Assumption quotes by 563 unique authors

It is a dangerous assumption to say that people who drain energy "don't know what they are doing." People are sophisticated aware beings. Don't sit… — Frederick Lenz
Consider that we live in a world predicated upon fear. The underlying assumption is that human beings are innately evil and must be groomed and… — Frederick Lenz
People are kept in line in society because they fear punishment. The assumption that underlies this mentality is that a human being will follow their… — Frederick Lenz
Question every assumption and go towards the problem, like the way they flew to the moon. We should have more moon shots and flights to… — Sebastian Thrun
If some woman tells me how she feels about something, my immediate assumption is that she wants an answer, or that she wants me to… — Fred Ward
People are under the assumption that the kundalini just flows from the base of the spine up. That's not the case at all. Kundalini also… — Frederick Lenz
I was under the assumption that the first job you get out of college is the job you have for the rest of your life.… — Jack McBrayer
All the analysis of infinite reality which the finite human mind can conduct rests on the tacit assumption that only a finite portion of this… — Max Weber
Friends never make assumptions about you. They never expect a reason to go out with you. In fact friends only expect you to be you. — Russell Lynes
Except for a God who sits down after the universe begins, all other gods conflict with the assumptions of science. — Alan Lightman
We Catholics must admit that there is a constant temptation among us to avoid the lectionary and the Word of God for private and pious… — Richard Rohr
Personally, I don't see old economics and behavioural economics as opposed. It is useful to assume people are rational as a good approximation to their… — Evan Davis
The people who whine about Fox News are hypocrites - they say they're totally tolerant, but when they run into someone who doesn't share their… — Greg Gutfeld
Beware of "the real world". A speaker's apeal to it is always an invitation not to challenge his tacit assumptions. — Edsger Dijkstra
It is becoming plain that our liberal regime of equality and personal freedom depends, more than most theorists of liberalism have been willing to admit,… — Mary Ann Glendon
The self-talk of the ego-mind is so busy describing what is happening, judging whether it is good or bad for us, and telling us what… — Russell Peters
The evidence here, as elsewhere, suggests that education is certainly relevant, but more because better education is associated with general differences in patterns of life… — Mildred Blaxter
The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it… — Phillip E. Johnson
I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and think… — Callie Khouri
Pause and remember - Making the wrong assumptions causes pain and suffering for everyone. — Jennifer Young
There's often an assumption you're more privileged if you belong to a family with people who have made a success. — James Fox
I try to interpret how people subjectively experience life. Everyone has a great, horrible opera inside him. I feel that my plays, in a way,… — Sarah Ruhl
You may think you don't have talents, but that is a false assumption, for we all have talents and gifts, every one of us. The… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
When I started, there was more of a cultural assumption that many readers would find gay characters irrelevant or repugnant. — Carol Anshaw
Books and newspapers assume a "common reader" that is, a person who knows the things known by other literate persons in the culture. Obviously, such… — Edward Hirsch

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