Quotes About Presumption

I sometimes think many reviewers write the reviews of my films even before they see them.

Much of America rooted for Mr. Obama simply because he is black.

Fundamental to Jimmy's style was the presumption that the border between legal and illegal was a question of convenience rather than morality. The unforgivable offense was to be boring or colorless...

seen the moral of my own behavior very frequent in England since my return, where a little contemptible varlet, without the least title to birth, person, wit, or common-sense, shall presume to look with importance, and put himself upon a foot with the greatest persons of the kingdom.

It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense…. They are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society.

The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals would not only load himself with most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted to no council and senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of man who have folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.

Those who always know what's best are a universal pest.

I said I wasn't sure it mattered where people lived or how, since their individual nature would create its own circumstances: it was a risky kind of presumption, I said, to rewrite your own fate by changing its setting; when it happened to people against their will, the loss of the known world---whatever its features---was catastrophic.

The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages.

That is exactly why we must keep a right heart attitude if we want God to continue to use us. There is a great responsibility to leadership. There is moreto ministry than just standing up in front of people and exercising spiritual gifts. Our lives must be right behind the scenes. We must always be on our guard against presumption. Presumption

He waited until she was standing directly across his desk from him before he said quietly, You've chosen a poor time to apologize,Lauren. I have to leave for a luncheon appointment in five minutes. Lauren almost choked on his outrageous presumption that she owed him an apology,but she merely favored him with an amused smile. I hate to bruise your ego, but I didn't come up here to apologize.

Quererse uno mismo, despreciando o ignorando a los demás, es presunción y exclusión; querer a los demás, despreciándose uno mismo, es carencia de amor propio.

Quererse a uno mismo, despreciando o ignorando a los demás, es presunción y exclusión; querer a los demás, despreciándose uno mismo, es carencia de amor propio.

Our sun is one of a 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating the universe. It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living thing in that enormous immensity.

Where only angels tread, he would be a fool to rush in; though perhaps the wise may preserve their dignity if, aware of their presumption, they enter cautiously.

Her favorite position is beside herself, and her favorite sport is jumping to conclusions.

However accurate or inaccurate the agency's numbers may be, tax law explicitly presumes that the IRS is always right -- and implicitly presumes that the taxpayer is always wrong -- in any dispute with the government. In many cases, the IRS introduces no evidence whatsoever of its charges; it merely asserts that a taxpayer had a certain amount of unreported income and therefore owes a proportionate amount in taxes, plus interest and penalties.

They are the most disagreeable of people. … Their insincerity? Can you not feel a sense of disgust at the arrogant presumption of superiority of these people? Superiority of intellect! Then, when it comes to practice, down they fall with a wallop not only to the level of ordinary human beings but to a level which is even far below the average.

Who could anticipate or provide for such a succession of hopes and services?" Her answer is simple: "Only an unimaginative man would think he could; only an arrogant man would want to.

If you presume to take God's place, audaciously deciding what He is to say and how He is to say it, you have placed yourself over God! We lack the authority to judge Him. Nor are our efforts needed to defend Him. His honor stands far above any of our efforts to secure it.

God judges all human pride and presumption based on worldly estimations of beauty, and he hears the humble who cry to him.

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.

We are being punished, that's all." "What for?" he demanded, already on guard because there was a tone in her voice he hated. "For presuming. For thinking we could be happy. Happy because we decided we would be.

But if you believe that Jesus was wholly God, then to condemn His conduct is presumptuous. If you believe that He was not wholly God, but only partly or in some respects divine, you are a heretic. If you think He was not God at all, you are an infidel.