Quotes About Assumption

It cannot be assumed that equity was following common law whenever they agreed, any more than the converse.

We should govern our actions by assuming that people are more good than bad. Whereas, most of our social policies dictate that people are more bad than good. That you know if you do something, it'll be seized by the rich to exploit the poor.

I had furthermore spoken on the assumption that Russia would mobilize, whereas the assumption of the German Government had hitherto been, officially, that Serbia would receive no support; and what I had said must influence the German Government to take the matter seriously.

A bad guy always assumes he's going to win, whereas the good guy has to struggle with, what if I lose?, and the audience wants to struggle with him.

In America, there's more of the question, should music be political or should it just be for entertainment purposes, whereas around the world that's not even an issue. I think people just assume that music should be everything.

I think 'Friends' is brilliant and it was massively underrated in this country for a very British reason, which is the assumption that because the cast is beautiful, it must be vacuous. Whereas in fact, it's brilliantly, brilliantly written.

I've been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.

It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise.

To be white in America is to assume, with total self-confidence and little afterthought, the personal ownership of public spaces.

Because of the increase in life longevity, America can now assume that at any given time three, and perhaps four, former presidents will still be alive, even when the current president is occupying the White House.

I have way more bravery than common sense, but you always assume things are going to be so difficult, and then when you're actually faced with them, you prevail. It's human nature.

My instinct is to assume that we consumers are an inconsistent bunch. We like competition if it delivers low prices, but grumble if it delivers the bad news that prices need to go up.

People think I look like a P.E. teacher or the principal.

People have always assumed that I am privileged. And that has been a problem sometimes. When I first started modelling, and I was schlepping around London with no money, I found it rather irksome that people thought I had a private income when I didn't.

Often one postulates that a priori, all states are equally probable. This is not true in the world as we see it. This world is not correctly described by the physics which assumes this postulate.

I study religion because I find it fascinating and problematic. But I struggle with the idea of what religion is, what being religious means. A lot of people assume that if you write about early Christianity, you must be some kind of Sunday-school teacher.

One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent.

You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise.

I hate the fact that people can judge based on something that isn't fully given to them. Like, this isn't the full product.

It's incorrect to assume you can be a fashion editor because you blog, if you don't have experience to look at fashion in a professional way.

I guess people expect or figure me to be a lot of different things.

Knowing and assuming are two different things.

The British, I have discovered, assume that Americans are more religious than they are.

One of the things that I see on Twitter is that people think they know what you think about things you haven't discussed.