Assumptions Quotes

320 Assumptions quotes by 273 unique authors

The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is… — John W. Gardner
Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities. — Evelyn Glennie
God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Trust your gut instinct over spreadsheets. There are too many variables in the real world that you simply can't put into a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets spit… — Naveen Jain
My way of thinking as I approach any human being on this planet is, 'What are you doing now?' That's what interests me. I don't… — John Lydon
The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given… — George MacDonald
Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness. — Marshall McLuhan
It ain't easy to break out of a mold, but if you do your work, people will ultimately see what you're capable of. Too often,… — Christopher Meloni
People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the… — Steven Pinker
We're living in a whole new social and economic order with a whole new set of problems and challenges. Old assumptions and old programs don't… — Ann Richards
Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
When we believe in lies, we cannot see the truth, so we make thousands of assumptions and we take them as truth. One of the… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts. — George Bernard Shaw
Three big assumptions proved wrong: one, that the Iraqi people would welcome us as liberators; two, that oil would soon pay for Iraqi's rebuilding; and,… — John Spratt
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of… — Igor Stravinsky
You never know what curve balls life is going to throw you and there's no way I can predict anything or make any assumptions about… — Carrie Underwood
I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when… — Eddie Vedder
Assumptions are the termites of relationships. — Henry Winkler
Untested assumptions and lazy habits of thought can be shown up, once put in a spotlight of a different hue. — Julian Baggini
The work of an intellectual is not to mould the political will of others; it is, through the analyses that he does in his own… — Michel Foucault

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