Assumption Quote by John Sayles Download Open image “Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by.” — John Sayles ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Assumption Inspirational Life Love
That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions, and were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
We all make basic assumptions about things in life, but sometimes those assumptions are WRONG. We must never trust in what we assume, only… — Darren Shan Copy Share Image
Our minds have the need to know. When we dont know we make assumptions - they make us feel safer than not knowing. And… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while or the light won't come in. If you challenge your own, you won't be so quick to accept the unchallenged assumptions of others. You'll be a lot less likely to be caught up in bias or prejudice or be influenced by people who ask… — Alan Alda Copy Share
“Assumptions suck. They’re like expectations. Assumptions and expectations will kill any relationship” — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“You, by your conscious assumptions, determine the nature of the world in which you live. Ignore the present state and assume the wish fulfilled. Claim it; it will respond. The law of assumption is the means by which the fulfillment of your desires may be realized. Every moment of your life, consciously or unconsciously, you are assuming a feeling. You… — Neville Copy Share
“Assumptions block direct experience and prevent us from gathering information that could bring us comfort and relief, or information that, though saddening and painful,… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
If others tell us something we make assumptions, and if they don't tell us something we make assumptions to fulfill our need to know and to replace the need to communicate. Even if we hear something and we don't understand we make assumptions about what it means and then believe the assumptions. We make all sorts of assumptions because we… — Anonymous Copy Share
We make the assumption that everyone sees life the way we do. We assume that others think the way we think, feel the way… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
The best way of living is living without expectation as expectations always hurt. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
But compared to writing a novel, where you can be God, I did the Bay of Pigs invasion in six pages once, and there… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't come out-but… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
I think I got spoiled and that writing a short story and getting it published, or writing a novel and getting it published, you… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something I wanted to be. An outfielder was something to… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if Bush comes out on the wrong… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,' and when… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
And it was out in the theaters in two weeks. This is not, 'We're going to develop twenty-five and maybe one's going to get… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
You get to say, 'Here's my philosophical idea about what the costume should like,' and the costume designer comes and gives you choices and… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
“There is great literature about imprisonment, . . . about the foot soldier, . . . about the sea -- but not one great work about flying.” — John Sayles Copy Share Image
Sometimes people can't afford to work for you, or they're not interested or available, and you hate to have written the whole movie with… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing itself you… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
It's difficult for people to come to the understanding that only a small minority of the people ever really get the word about life,… — Earl Nightingale Copy Share Image
Much like teaching art to young art students age 10 to 15 or so on, you have to break it down into bite-sized pieces,… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea… — John Green Copy Share Image
The risk of developing carcinoma of the lung increases steadily as the amount smoked increases. If the risk among non-smokers is taken as unity… — Richard Doll Copy Share Image
Fortunately, the mind is restless; when it uncovers a layer of its own deception, gives up an illusion, exposes a lie, it does not… — Kim Chernin Copy Share Image
The possibility of saying anything about a thing rests on the assumption that it preserves its identity, or continues to be the same thing… — Frank Knight Copy Share Image
She spent hours drawing on her own, trying to perfect her craft. And when she got into music, she had that same diligence in… — Laura Joplin Copy Share Image
If they are, then the only ultimate truths are the particulars of concrete experience, and no postulate or general assumption is inherent in science… — Chauncey Wright Copy Share Image
If he's - the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a - is a noble institution I would - I would strongly… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Leadership, pure and simple, is the assumption of responsibility for the pursuit of excellence in group life. — Philip Selznick Copy Share Image
Humans suffer from self-centred notions as to the nature of life. Humans assume that alien life forms should conform to standards that match our… — Steve Perry Copy Share Image
