Assumptions Quotes

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Christian philosopher has a perfect right to the point of view and prephilosophical assumptions he brings to philosophic work; the fact that these are… — Alvin Plantinga
The job of formal methods is to elucidate the assumptions upon which formal correctness depends. — Tony Hoare
If you live in the dark a long time and the sun comes out, you do not cross into it whistling. There's an initial uprush… — Mary Karr
My "thinking" time was devoted mainly to activities that were essentially clerical or mechanical: searching, calculating, plotting, transforming, determining the logical or dynamic consequences of… — J. C. R. Licklider
All of us have our own inner fears, beliefs, opinions. These inner assumptions rule and govern our lives. A suggestion has no power in and… — Joseph Murphy
The accumulation of genetic mutations were touted to be enough to change one species to anotherâ€¦.No. It wasnâ€™t dishonesty. I think it was wish fulfillment… — Lynn Margulis
The basic trouble with all long-range population projections is that they are driven by assumptions about birth levels - and there is still no reliable… — Nicholas Eberstadt
Like an unexpected wet mop in the face of tired complacency, The Sovereignty Solution works on the receptive mind as a pry bar works on… — Adam Garfinkle
Photography has the power to undo your assumptions about the world. — Aaron Huey
People, please remember that I choose my words very carefully. Assumptions are your enemy. — Chris Kluwe

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