Presuming Quotes
21 quotes by 21 authors
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Beware, I pray thee, of presuming that thou art saved. If thy heart be renewed, if thou shalt hate the things that thou didst once…
— Charles Spurgeon
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You're presuming too much by using the word legacy - presuming that someone is going to care.
— Michael Bolton
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True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth…
— Akhenaton
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Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does not advance civil…
— Alan Keyes
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That Francis Bacon retains his reputation gained, is not strange to any that knows him. The unusual words wherewith he had spangled his speech, were…
— Edward Coke
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I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organisations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable of protecting their…
— Alan Greenspan
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Sometimes we are devils to ourselves When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, Presuming on their changeful potency.
— William Shakespeare
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She said it had been hijacked shortly after takeoff. By this time, the plane had been in the air - again, I'm presuming that it…
— Ted Olson
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A man should remind himself that an object of faith is not scientifically demonstrable, lest presuming to demonstrate what is of faith, he should produce…
— Thomas Aquinas
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The world is not fair. If you persist in presuming it is, you will create a lot of unnecessary misery for yourself.
— Fred Green
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I believe we must seek God's will, never presuming to identify it with our own program or power.
— David Price
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It is time Australian Muslims stop being treated as negotiable citizens in their own country. It is time people stop 'tolerating' us, presuming some right…
— Randa Abdel-Fattah
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When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it's always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure." Why is is no one…
— Carol Burnett
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The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations.
— Franz Liszt
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Whenever you speak to someone, you are presuming the two of you have a certain degree of familiarity - which your words might alter. So…
— Steven Pinker
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Every one of the world's "great" religions utterly trivializes the immensity and beauty of the cosmos. Books like the Bible and the Koran get almost…
— Sam Harris
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Sig Sauer. Nine millimetres. Thirteen in the magazine. Big bullets. One of these hits you and it could blow your head off; something even the…
— Eoin Colfer
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They were kissing. Put like that, and you could be forgiven for presuming that this was a normal kiss, all lips and skin and possibly…
— Neil Gaiman
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Since I’m presuming you don’t mean you finally bought him a leash, let me say simply that there is a big difference between allowing an…
— Richelle Mead
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Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the…
— Abraham Lincoln
Who Wrote These Presuming Quotes
21 authors contributed a total of 21 Presuming Quotes as follows: