Best 478 quotes in «assuming quotes» category

I do assume that a character or a place is inexhaustible and will always reward further attention.

I do not assume to speak for anyone. I know I speak in direct opposition to the wishes of many by whom I am surrounded.

I don't consider my marriages as failures! It's idiotic to assume that because a marriage ends, it's failed.

I don't really have a nemesis, but I have a series of hundreds of small enemies that fuel me. Everyone I meet I assume is out to get me and that fuels my fire on a daily basis.

I don't think we can dignify documents dumped by Wikileaks and just assume that they're all accurate and true.

If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.

If [Barack] Obama or the boss or the newspapers or anyone else tells you they're doing this, that, or the other thing, dismiss it or assume the opposite is true, which it often is.

If everybody's behavior can be explained by simple stupidity and greed, there's no point in assuming a conspiracy.

If enough people openly engage in conduct once considered reprehensible, we rewrite the rule book and assume that God, as a good democrat, will go along.

I find it hard to meet the right woman as people assume I'm a certain type of person - which I'm not.

If I had to guess what the future's going to look like for me - assuming it's not an orange jumpsuit in a hole - I think I'm going to alternate between tech and policy.

If I'm not with a butch everyone just assumes I'm straight. It's like I'm passing too, against my will. I'm sick of the world thinking I'm straight. I've worked hard to be discriminated against as a lesbian

If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this.

If Islam despises Christianity, it has a thousandfold right to do so: Islam at least assumes that it is dealing with men.

If it winds up earlier, you should have a movie picked out. This is assuming she isn’t sending you the ‘let’s go back to my place’ signals. In that case—” “Don’t go there, Bob. Let’s just not go there.

If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be.

If we're looking for intelligence in the universe I think everybody assumes that this has to start with life and so the question is: "How likely is it that there will be life elsewhere in the universe?

If this is the only life, then everything assumes too great an importance. We have to get everything out of life and we overdo it.

If we hope and even assume that the social question will be answered through communism, and not in this or that country but in the world, any thought of centralization must be a monstrosity.

If we speak poorly about that which we do well... people will assume we perform poorly!

If, with the literate, I am Impelled to try an epigram, I never seek to take the credit; We all assume that Oscar said it.

If the consequences are the same it is always better to assume the more limited antecedent, since in things of nature the limited, as being better, is sure to be found, wherever possible, rather than the unlimited.

If you assume there is no hope, you guarantee there will be no hope.

If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts.

If you assume you haven't learned anything yet, there's no reason your playing can't stay dynamic all your life.

I guess libertarianism is always considered so weird and fringe that people assume that you're in the closet if you don't go around talking about it.

If you never assume importance, you never lose it.

I'm not going to assume liberals are stupid, as they do with conservatives. No, I'll attribute it instead to more fraud and deceit.

I hadn't performed by myself in a while. It feels very natural to me, and I assume people come for the very same reasons as they do when I'm with the band: to be moved, for something to happen to them.

I have been both overpraised and underpraised. I assume by the time I finish writing -- and I plan to go on writing until I'm 90 or gaga -- it will all equal itself out.

I have come to regard with some suspicion those who claim that the Bible never troubles them. I can only assume this means they haven’t actually read it.

I have never been a fan of bond funds. Unlike a direct investment in an individual bond that you can hold to maturity and be assured you will get your principal back (assuming no default), a fund has no finite maturity date and most funds are actively traded.

I just assume I'm right. Partially out of conviction and partially as a pose.

I learned about choices and consequences and responsibility. I learned that we all have choices, even when we don't recognize them, and that those choices have consequences, not just for ourselves, but for others. We must assume responsibility for those consequences.

I love to make a mistake. It is my only assurance that I cannot reasonably be expected to assume the responsibility of omniscience.

I’m assuming those are Daimons. (Susan) No, they’re Avon ladies. (Ravyn)

I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which would make our powers boundless.

I'm curious how you'll know it works. I assume it's mostly a cosmetic change.

I'm not the most loved person on the planet. People assume they understand who I am by what I do.

I never cease to wonder at the amazing presumption of much of white society, assuming that they have the right to bargain with the Negro for his freedom.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.

In assuming any office besides its essential one, the State begins to lose the power of fulfilling its essential one.

In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.

In inventing a model we may assume what we wish, but should avoid impossibilities.

In relationships it is best to assume nothing.

In varying degrees, the authority of the dharma was replaced by the authority of the guru, who came, in some traditions, to assume the role of the Buddha himself.

Instead of assuming everything you're being told is the truth, ask plenty of questions.

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.

Instead of just looking back, whiplash-style, I can assume there's something else coming. Time just folds over itself, like origami.