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Assumption Quotes by Thomas Sowell
- 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…
- 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.…
- One of the reasons for conspiracy theories is an assumption that people in high places always know what they are doing. When they do something…
- Implicit in the activist conception of government is the assumption that you can take the good things in a complex system for granted, and just…
- The Congressional Budget Office has been embarrassed repeatedly by making projections based on the assumption that tax revenues and tax rates move in the same…
More Assumption Quotes
- The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious. — Lester Bangs
- Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many interesting implications. — Gary Becker
- The bad-boy label is just an assumption. — Russell Brand
- The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate… — David Brin
- A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces… — Harry Browne
- I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the… — Warren Buffett
- As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it… — Julie Burchill
- History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions. — Ken Burns