Quotes by Assuming People always assume that things are just handed to me, but I've had to prove myself, every inch of the way. Madeline Zima assumingpeopleway It is the worst of all superstitions to assume that the epistemological characteristics of one branch of knowledge must necessarily be applicable to any other branch. Ludwig von Mises superstitionsassumingbranches Companies in every industry need to assume that a software revolution is coming. Marc Andreessen assumingrevolutionneeds You're assuming they would listen to me," I said. Cole lifted his hands off the roof of the Volkswagen; cloudy fingerprints evaporated seconds ater he did. "We all listen to you, Sam." He jumped to the pavement. "You just don't always talk to us. Maggie Stiefvater pavementassuminghands Nobility is often no more than the inner aspect which our egotistical feelings assume when we have not yet named and classified them. Marcel Proust egotisticalassumingfeelings Americans (I, I'm afraid, among them) go around carelessly assuming they're tolerant the way they go around carelessly saying, 'You ought to be in pictures.' But in the clinches, they turn out to be tolerant about as often as they turn out to be Clark Gable. Margaret Halsey toleranceassumingway There is probably no one, however rigid his virtue, who is not liable to find himself, by the complexity of circumstances, living at close quarters with the very vice which he himself has been most outspoken in condemning -- without altogether recognizing it beneath the disguise of ambiguous behavior which it assumes in his presence. Marcel Proust assumingvirtuevices I don't consider my marriages as failures! It's idiotic to assume that because a marriage ends, it's failed. Margaret Mead divorceassumingends The children of the Reagan Revolution are ready to assume the mantle of leadership. Marco Rubio assumingrevolutionchildren The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Margaret Atwood assumingwritingway The patronage state is an arrogant state. It assumes it can spend your money better than you do. Yet it expects you to work for it in the first place. Margaret Thatcher arrogantassumingfirsts Education today, in this particular social period, is assuming truly unlimited importance. And the increased emphasis on its practical value can be summed up in one sentence: education is the best weapon for peace. Maria Montessori assumingweaponstoday I spent a lifetime giving my power away, assuming that everybody knew better what was right for me than me. And then there comes a point in your life you go, Oh, wait a second! There's an a-ha moment when you realize that the only person that can delegate your future is you. Mariel Hemingway assumingwaitinggiving Never, ever condescend to the reader. Assume you are writing for someone better and smarter than you are. This will protect you from conventionalism, faddishness, and cliché. Marilynne Robinson assumingprotect-youwriting A sermon is a valuable thing now and so impressive when you do hear a good one - and there is a lot of failure in the attempt; it's a difficult form - is because it's so seldom true now that you hear people speak under circumstances where they assume they are obliged to speak seriously and in good faith, and the people who hear them are assumed to be listening seriously and in good faith. Marilynne Robinson assuminglisteningpeople I assume that normally the Lord will be bringing people to himself through the instrumentality of the preached word. However, we have to be very careful that we don't assume that if we are 'X' faithful in evangelism, then we will see 'Y' results right now. It doesn't work like that. Mark Dever faithfulassumingpeople The inevitable result of borrowed faith is lost faith. People born into a family anchored in Christendom tend to assume they're right with God, regardless of whether they personally turn from sin and trust in Jesus. Mark Driscoll assumingpeoplejesus Each time we consider a miracle impossible, or assume that we ourselves are not capable of working it, then we're choosing not to take flight. Marianne Williamson assumingmiracleimpossible I'm not the most loved person on the planet. People assume they understand who I am by what I do. Mark T Bertolini assumingwho-i-ampeople [We] assume that social progress is like technological progress: one cannot uninvent the internal combustion engine, so how could one uninvent liberty? Mark Steyn progressassumingliberty«1011121314151617181920»
