Assuming Quotes

• Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.

  Thomas Sowell

  Believe, People, Political

  "Random Thoughts". Column at Jewish World Review, www.jewishworldreview.com. February 01, 2002.

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  Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another.

  Milton Friedman

  Party, Pie, Liberty

  Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman (1990). “Free to Choose: A Personal Statement”, p.31, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Never assume the other guy will never do something you would never do.

  Willie Mays

  Guy, Other Guys, Never Assume

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  You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Life, God

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.22, Anchor

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• The truth is a lot easier to see when you stop assuming you already have it.

  Mike Norton

  Religious, Truth Is, Easier

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  No one ever gets tired of loving. But everyone gets tired of waiting, assuming, hearing lies, and hurting.

  Megan Fox

  Hurt, Lying, Tired

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• Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

  Dean Acheson

  Inspirational, Party, Agree To Disagree

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• The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.

  Lester Bangs

  Art, Mistake, Firsts

  Lester Bangs (2013). “Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll”, p.115, Anchor

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  Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

  George Orwell

  Life, Happiness, Happy

  George Orwell (1946). “Critical Essays”

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• I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.

  Victoria Woodhull

  Desire, Management, Courses

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• I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.

  Gustav Mahler

  Never Assume, Disguise

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• We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

  George Henry Lewes

  Wisdom, Assumption, Never Assume

  George Henry Lewes (1859). “The physiology of common life”

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• One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means that there is democracy in Pakistan. There is no democracy.

  Imran Khan

  Sports, Mean, People

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• Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.

  Adam Clarke

  Humility, Pride, Mask

  Adam Clarke (1831). “Discourses on various subjects relative to the being and attributes of God, and his works in creation, providence, and grace”, p.307

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• Never assume the obvious is true.

  William Safire

  Truth, Obviousness, Peer Pressure

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• 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.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Attitude, Humility

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.21, Mango Media Inc.

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  Assumptions are the termites of relationships.

  Henry Winkler

  Love, Funny, Relationship

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• I came across awful characters when I got some kind of status and came to Hollywood. Then you have directors trying to sleep with you, assuming that you will do things because of the way you dress.

  Stacey Dash

  Character, Sleep, Trying

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations, the right of property in slaves falls to the ground; for one who is equal to another cannot be the owner or property of that other.

  William H. Seward

  Fall, Men, Law

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• Talking in one language and talking in another, I think inevitably, produce two different personalities, as far as I've seen in other people. I assume it does the same for me.

  Alma Guillermoprieto

  Thinking, Talking, Two

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• I assume that if people get to know me, they'll like me. If they don't, it's not my problem.

  Mira Sorvino

  People, Problem, Get To Know Me

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• Assuming that his talent can survive the increasing strain, there is one scarcely avoidable danger that lies ahead of the pupil on his road to mastery.

  Eugen Herrigel

  Lying, Mastery, Talent

  Eugen Herrigel (1964). “Zen”

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• I make progress by having people around me who are smarter than I am and listening to them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something than I am.

  Henry J. Kaiser

  Inspirational, People, Listening

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• Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake.

  Peter Drucker

  Senior, Business, Mistake

  Peter Drucker, Harvard Business Review (2016). “The Peter F. Drucker Reader: Selected Articles from the Father of Modern Management Thinking”, p.9, Harvard Business Review Press

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• Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship.

  Dave Barry

  Guy, Literature, Never Assume

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys”, p.85, Ballantine Books

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