Assumption Quotes

680 Assumption quotes by 563 unique authors

Competitiveness always rests on the assumption of a life-and-death struggle. — Hugh Nibley
The most misleading assumptions are the ones you don't even know you're making. — Douglas Adams
If the truth is boring, civilization is irksome. The constraints inherent in civilized living are frustrating in innumerable ways. Yet those with the vision of… — Thomas Sowell
The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived all kinds of evidence that it has made things worse.… — Thomas Sowell
They charge us with anti-Semitism…The truth is, those hurling these charges harbor a 'passionate attachment' to a nation not our own that causes them to… — Pat Buchanan
Analytical tools have their limitations in a turbulent world. These tools work best when parameters are known, assumptions are minimal, and the future is not… — John P. Kotter
But now the world breaks in on us, the world is shocked, the world looks upon our idyll as madness. The world maintains that no… — Knut Hamsun
I began attempting to write for children under the mistaken assumption that writing for children was easy. — Robin Hobb
Most people believe that great leaders are distinguished by their ability to give compelling answers. This profound book shatters that assumption, showing that the more… — Adam Grant
We need to eliminate the existing hierarchy of subjects. Elevating some disciplines over others only reinforces outmoded assumptions of industrialism and offends the principle of… — Ken Robinson
Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves. All people live in their own dream, in their own mind; they… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
I've found that I can only change how I act if I stay aware of my beliefs and assumptions. Thoughts always reveal themselves in behavior. — Margaret J. Wheatley
Start with the assumption that the best way to do something is not the way it's being done right now. — Aaron Levie
Too often we are Christians by assumption, manipulation or instruction, rather than Christians by regeneration. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
If a radical devolution of powers was possible, it would have been done before. The assumption of states' rights is gone. There's no support for… — James Q. Wilson
I think the reason why 'Red Eye' is popular is because we question the common assumptions that you find elsewhere. — Greg Gutfeld
It seems to me that, as it is usually presented, the current orthodoxy about the cosmic order is the product of governing assumptions that are… — Thomas Nagel
The assumption that what currently exists must necessarily exist is the acid that corrodes all visionary thinking. — Murray Bookchin
For the most basic assumption that dictated my early attempts to respond to creative music commentary was the mistaken belief that western journalists had some… — Anthony Braxton
We all make basic assumptions about things in life, but sometimes those assumptions are WRONG. We must never trust in what we assume, only in… — Darren Shan
It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with… — H. L. Mencken
The mistake that is made always runs the other way. Because the plain people are able to speak and understand, and even, in many cases,… — H. L. Mencken
The time must come inevitably when mankind shall surmount the imbecility of religion, as it has surmounted the imbecility of religion's ally, magic. It is… — H. L. Mencken
As a physician I have sympathy for patients suffering from pain and other medical conditions. Although I understand many believe marijuana is the most effective… — Bill Frist
I had motives for not wanting the world to have meaning; consequently assumed that it had none, and was able without any difficulty to find… — Fred Hoyle

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