Quotes About Assumption

A man who insults the modesty of a woman, as good as tells her that he has seen something in her conduct that warranted his presumption.

The goal of equality seems to disproportionately burden women, since it's assumed that they have to assume more responsibility, while men can remain the status quo.

..."And then we played Ping-Pong—" "Not pool? I always assumed he was a billiards man—I mean, it's so handy the way he keeps a stick up his—

Anyone will be glad to admit that he knows nothing about beagling, or the Chinese stock market, or ballistics, but there is not a man or woman alive who does not claim to know how to cure hiccoughs.

The whole Constitution has been erected upon the assumption that the King not only is capable of doing wrong but is more likely to do wrong than other men if he is given the chance.

So... I take it that's the man in your life.

You don't ask a man, 'Do you want to be in control [of your job]?' You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different?

It is only theory that makes men completely incautious.

Money maketh man a tory, don't fire that assumption at me, I like toast as much as anyone but not for breakfast, dinner and tea

The new definition of a heathen is a man who has never played baseball.

For what a man would like to be true, that he more readily believes.

Men see what they expect to see.

The modern world is filled with men who hold dogmas so strongly that they do not even know they are dogmas.

Although most of us are complacent in our assumption that science is gaining on the unknown, scientists are acknowledging that man's own brain is complex beyond any hope of complete understanding.

He's a smart man, so I am assuming he will do it.

[People] assume that there must be something to [Donald Trump] grandiose self-presentation, because who could be a con man on that big of a scale?

Should I assume the lure is a certain attractive young dead man?

Men judge of Christians by taking as fair samples those that lie rotten on the ground.

The four most expensive words in the English language are, 'This time it's different.'

Each economy relies on the credit system, that is, on the erroneous assumption that the other will pay back money pumped.

The reader might reflect that an awful lot of supposing has to take place in order for the quantity theory of money to be true.

Please don't look at me as if you had a source of income other than your salary.

The root of failure is self-pity. It leads to assumption that our needs are not being met now and probably never will be.

Ignorance is the mother of presumption