Quotes About Assumption

He had his very own "little white girl" without taking the hit of her actually being white.

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws -- a thing which can never be demonstrated.

Mother was doing that dragon thing of assuming her special perfect egg had a female dragonet inside. WRONG.)

Push with respect, and under the assumption that the other person is probably doing the right thing. But push anyway. And never hold back.

All too often in life, we see people do what we want them to do and we say nothing, assuming that the behavior has become natural for them, an easy standard.

the presumptuousness of Hillary Clinton, who was so certain of winning that she campaigned halfheartedly

We assume (falsely) that how we feel now is how we will feel in the future.

Extrapolations are the last refuge of a groundless argument.

If you tell most people what libertarians think, they immediately assume that you cannot mean it all the way, that you're really just taking a position for argument's sake.

Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won't? - Damon

I assumed from the outset that photography was already art, and that I and other people working in photography were artists. I understand now that this was a minority point of view.

Art's the biggest vanity: the assumption that one's view of peace or fright or beauty is permanently communicable.

Your assumption, to be effective, cannot be a single isolated act, it must be a maintained attitude of the wish fulfilled.

We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.

The prevailing attitude of the speakers was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the reader had not said.

At first I assumed he was a Mexican, but slowly began to realise that a real Mexican probably wouldn't be wearing a sombrero in a London nightclub. And he'd probably have a real moustache, not a stick-on one. A Mexican with a stick-on moustache would be like a Super-Mexican, because he'd have two moustaches, and that'd be cool, because a Super-Mexican could probably use his poncho as a cape, and then I realised I was saying all this to the man's face.

What's the assumption here? Before any evaluation of what's a good idea can be trusted, the purpose must be clear, the vision must be well defined, and all the relevant data must have been collected (brainstormed) and analyzed (organized).

Did you imagine that science was a disinterested pursuit of the truth? Well, you were wrong.

Never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity. Don't assign to stupidity what might be due to ignorance. And try not to assume your opponent is the ignorant one — until you can show it isn't you.

The perception of unfairness or injustice is the ultimate cause of most, if not all, anger... In fact, fairness is simply a perceptual interpretation... Your assumption that they are "being unfair" implies that your way of looking at things is universally accepted.

Jumping to Conclusions. This is where you jump to painful and upsetting conclusions that aren't really supported by the facts. There are two common versions of this distortion:

Mind Reading. You jump to conclusions about how others are thinking and feeling without any clear evidence.

A superior man always assumes complete responsibility, knowing that, ultimately, he has no control at all and everything is out of his hands. He acts with impeccable courage and persistence, expecting nothing but the inherent feeling of completeness he enjoys in the fullest giving of his gift.

Those who begin below, as so many do today, assume that God's love is whispered first in their inner senses, that it is part of their nature, that it is part of creation. And they assume that it becomes real to them when they experience its therapeutic benefits.