Assumptions Quotes

320 Assumptions quotes by 273 unique authors

Poets are excellent students of blizzards and salt and broken statuary, but they are always elsewhere for the test. Any intention in the writing of… — Dean Young
We never look beyond our assumptions and what's worse, we have given up trying to meet others; we just meet ourselves. — Muriel Barbery
The problem with labels is that they lead to stereotypes and stereotypes lead to generalizations and generalizations lead to assumptions and assumptions lead back to… — Ellen DeGeneres
It was the ghost of rationality itself ... This is the ghost of normal everyday assumptions which declares that the ultimate purpose of life, which… — Robert M. Pirsig
Your assumptions about the lives of others are in direct relation to your naÃ¯ve pomposity. Many people you believe to be rich are not rich.… — Cheryl Strayed
Young man, the games we play are lessons we learn. The assumptions we make, things we ignore, and things we change make us what we… — Terry Pratchett
Assumptions are unopened windows that foolish birds fly into, and their broken bodies are evidence gathered too late. — Bryan Davis
Every human being relies on and is bounded by his knowledge and experience to live. This is what we call â€œrealityâ€. However, knowledge and experience… — Masashi Kishimoto
But you are making assumptions without all the facts, and that's not a sign of intelligence. — C.C. Hunter
We must strive for literacy and education that teach us to never quit questioning and probing at the assumptions of the day. — Bryant H. McGill
The problem with assumptions is that we believe they are the truth. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions. — Eric Temple Bell
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and… — Stephen Covey
Atheism may be defined as the mental attitude which unreservedly accepts the supremacy of reason and aims at establishing a lifestyle and ethical outlook verifiable… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair
It evolved from my experience in the fifties, growing up during the McCarthy era, and hearing a lot of assumptions that America was wonderful and… — Warren Farrell
All too often we're filled with negative and limiting beliefs. We're filled with doubt. We're filled with guilt or with a sense of unworthiness. We… — Jack Canfield
There is no such thing as philosophy-free science, just science that has been conducted without any consideration of its underlying philosophical assumptions. — Daniel Dennett
I realized early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job. Because there are no pay grades and very little structure, people make… — Sara Sheridan
Reviewing the record of American intervention in Indochina in the Pentagon Papers, one cannot fail to be struck by the continuity of basic assumptions from… — Noam Chomsky
Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions. — Noam Chomsky

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