Quotes About Assumption

Yet another proof that the drafters of the Constitution had made one simple but far-reaching error. They'd assumed that the people selected by The People to manage the nation would be as honest and honorable as they'd been. One could almost hear the "Oops!" emanating from all those old graves.

There was a tendency in the U.S. Navy to assume that since they made their living by charging into machine-gun fire, Marines were dumb.

we're proceeding on the assumption that the operation initiated in America.

Leigh-Cheri knew better than to jump to conclusions on a Sunday.

Audiences know what to expect, and that is all that they are prepared to believe in.

Easy, I thought. Everything is so easy for them. They think they own the world.

Wherever he was—on the porch, at the kitchen table, in the garden, in the living room reading—that's where the power and deference were. He didn't exert power; he assumed it. And it was in part from knowing him that I felt I could understand and create the men in Ruby—their easy assumption of uncontested authority.

The familial rupture led to Prince becoming a person who cannot trust others, and must be in dictatorial control of everything around him, Leeds explained, "Anyone assuming any kind of control frightens the hell out of him. So much of what he does is driven by fear, fear of someone else having control.

There's always a solution, I see that now," she said. "I just didn't understand it at first. It's not the solution I wanted. But there's always a solution. It's just not the one I assumed it would be.

It's strange how just the sound of my dad's feet, the murmur of his voice, can change everything. Thing is, for all I know he could be in a good mood. It's just that I've learned to assume the worst.

He doesn't look like the type who's into cookies anyway.

I'm consciously shedding the assumption that a skeptical point of view is the most intellectually credible. Intellect does not function in opposition to mystery; tolerance is not more pragmatic than love; and cynicism is not more reasonable than hope. Unlike almost every worthwhile thing in life, cynicism is easy. It's

It's odd that in our culture we assume that everyone can (and should) learn basic language skills although only a small percentage will become authors. We also assume that everyone can learn math while only a few will become mathematicians. However, we assume that drawing requires some special talent possessed by only a few and the rest need not try.

The modern self assumes the authority of inner feelings and sees authenticity as defined by the ability to give social expression to the same.

By claiming to be something more than the economic, the political is obliged to base itself on categories other than production and consumption. To repeat: it is curious that the capitalist entrepreneur and the socialist proletarian are of one accord in considering the political's assumption a presumption and, from the standpoint of their economic thinking, regarding the dominance of politicians as immaterial.

Bir ???k ???n?n?n enerjisinin uzayda kesiksiz biçimde yay?lmad???, uzay?n noktalar?nda yer alan belirli say?da "enerji kuantumlar?ndan" olu?tu?u, bölünmeden hareket ettikleri ve bir birim olarak üretilip so?urulduklar? varsay?m?n? göz önünde tutuyorum.

Newton asserts explicitly in his book that we can't ever measure the true time t, but if we assume that it exists, we can set up an efficient framework to describe nature.

How can U fairly assess someone from the outside looking in ... majority of the times you will be wrong.

I think we receive a great deal what we expect in this world. -Laura Ingalls Wilder

We often assume that when the surface offers so little the depth must be unfathomable.

Sometimes I'm afraid I'm happy, but because I expect it to be something else, I question the experience. So now, when in doubt," she shrugged with true bravado, "I'll assume I'm happy.

You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me." "I was ninety percent sure." "I see," Clary said. There must have been something in her voice, because he turned to look at her. Her hand cracked across his face, a slap that rocked him back on his heels. He put his hands on his cheek, more in surprise than pain. "What the hell was that for?" "The other ten percent.

It is so much nicer to ask, when someone speaks of Barbados, Banska Bystrica or Fiji: 'Oh those little islands.... Are they British?' (They usually are.)

In order to understand what another person is saying, you must assume it is true and try to imagine what it might be true of.