Assuming Quotes

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I think it's easy for people to assume that fame is equal to glory, but it can be a very isolating experience.

I don't necessarily write everything as automatically assuming it will be collected, there's nothing that says Hitman will be collected, though it might be.

The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many.

The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposite position. I assume that markets are always wrong.

I love to make a mistake. It is my only assurance that I cannot reasonably be expected to assume the responsibility of omniscience.

We can't just throw something out there and assume it works just because it has math in it.

I do not assume to speak for anyone. I know I speak in direct opposition to the wishes of many by whom I am surrounded.

I can be very polite, and I think that people can confuse that for all sorts of things... But I'll take that over people assuming that I'm smart just because I'm short and rude.

The way you lose the gospel is not by denying it, but by assuming it.

You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior.

But for us to assume that God could not act in other ways is, I think, to put God in an awfully small box.

Government does not grow by seizing our freedoms, but by assuming our responsibilities.

The biggest mistake people make is assuming that their dogs think like little humans, and that they can negotiate behavior with them, but it doesn't work that way.

Of course, there are many, many musicians whose music gives me pleasure, but until I make contact with them, musically or personally, I never assume that anything wonderful will happen.

We assume, falsely, that how we feel now is how we will feel in the future

I answered their questions truthfully and honestly, but I would prefer not to say more. I assume the information was routed back and that is why I was not called to testify.

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred

Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.

The one place where I can relax is on the golf course with my teammates and buddies, assuming I'm hitting the golf ball well. If I'm not, well, that is another story.

The truth is a lot easier to see when you stop assuming you already have it.

Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin.

It's not really difficult to go from one voice into the next. It's like asking you to sing a line of Happy Birthday and then Goodnight Irene - assuming you know the words to both those songs

Why do people who are good at families have to be smug and assume it is the only way to live. … Why can’t they be blamed for being bad at promiscuity?

In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents.

It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.

The past assumes the nature of the present.

You can't make a movie for everybody. You can't go into it trying to alienate people, but you have to assume that you're going to.

The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we should look into contrary assumptions.

If Islam despises Christianity, it has a thousandfold right to do so: Islam at least assumes that it is dealing with men.

We assume that we’re masters of our environment, rather than being a part of it.

God knows how many things a man misses by becoming smug and assuming that matters will take their own course.

The snow, which had fallen quietly at first, was now pelting against the windowpanes, driven by a wicked wind; the storm was rapidly assuming proportions of a blizzard.

Assuming roles is something that simply won't work for me, since I don't have a style. None at all.

Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work.

Who can in reason then or right assume monarchy over such as live by right his equals, if in power or splendor less, in freedom equal?

Men ardently pursue truth, assuming it will be angels' bread when found.

Nobility is often no more than the inner aspect which our egotistical feelings assume when we have not yet named and classified them.

Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal.

In relationships it is best to assume nothing.

The biggest misconception usually is to assume that I am a scientist and that I work for scientists. I work for the public to access the surreal and fantastical in science.

Many persons, when exalted, assume an insolent humility, who behaved before with an insolent haughtiness.

Fairness is actually not having presumptive negativity written about you and always assuming the worst about you.

Nowadays, if a studio assumes that his film is bad, there is always an executive that gets more nervous than usual and thinks that if they change the music, the film will become a masterpiece.

I was nearly a teen-ager before I stopped assuming that everyone I met was Jewish.

If you never assume importance, you never lose it.

Trump keeps the spotlight on himself with one act after another, assuming correctly that yesterday's antics will be swept aside by today's.