Quotes About Assumptions

in the present. As we are about to see, however, both of these assumptions are false.

All generalizations are questionable.

Few things are as destructive and limiting as a worldview that assumes people are mostly rational.

Yet when an image is presented as a work of art, the way people look at it is affected by a whole series of learnt assumptions about art. Assumptions concerning: Beauty Truth Genius Civilization Form Status Taste, etc.

Twain said: "What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so.

Mark Twain said: "What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so.

That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions, and were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions.

When I was raped I lost my virginity and almost lost my life. I also discarded certain assumptions I had held about how the world worked and about how safe I was.

its very nature, scientific investigation takes for granted such assumptions as that: there is a physical world existing independently of our minds; this world is characterized by various objective patterns and regularities; our senses are at least partially reliable sources of information about this world; there are objective laws of logic and mathematics that apply to the objective world outside our minds;

That's the problem with being an adult: people have already made up their minds about us; we've even made up our minds about ourselves.

Stereotypes are based on the idea that two heads are bigger than one.

Are red haired girls, red all over?

I'm a tough manager. I question almost every assumption in what are hopefully pragmatic ways. The more you question, the more you learn and the more the person you are questioning learns.

If you were to make a quick judgment call on my intelligence and articulation when I first moved to the U.S. based on my speaking skills, it would be very low.

We see that science also rests on faith; there is simply no science without presuppositions

There will always be people who will criticise you without knowing the facts.

In elite, primarily white institutions, there are many blacks who have white wives. So much so that sometimes there is almost the assumption that I would be married to a white woman.

It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.

So much of the language that surrounds us - from things like economics, management theory, and the algorithms built into computer systems - appears to be objective and neutral. But in fact, it is loaded with powerful, and very debatable, political assumptions about how society should work and what human beings are really like.

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

For me, filmmaking is not about making statements but about exposing human behavior so people are eager enough to start thinking on their own and make their own assumptions.

Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he knows.

I definitely believe in type casting. If you're a girl with bleach-blonde hair, everyone automatically thinks 'prom queen, cheerleader.' It just happens.

Denham looked at her aunt in speculative surprise. Funny, knowing a person for over a year and still thinking she couldn't let the sink get messy and discoloured.