Quotes by Assumption What hadn't been realized in the literature until now is that merely to describe how severely something has been tested in the past itself embodies inductive assumptions, even as a statement about the past. Robert Nozick assumptionliteraturepast Assumption Theory: The only safe assumption in life is that the person who assures you that everything is all right is all wrong. Robert Ringer assumptionsafelife-is I began attempting to write for children under the mistaken assumption that writing for children was easy. Robin Hobb assumptionwritingchildren I thin many people's deviant behavior starts with dreams because dreams are so non-linear... as if there's an assumption that everything has to be linear or has to be plotted. Robyn Hitchcock assumptiondreampeople It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness. Roger Scruton assumptionnicepeople Our future will be shaped by the assumptions we make about who we are and what we can be. Rosabeth Moss Kanter who-we-arefutureassumption The bad-boy label is just an assumption. Russell Brand assumptionlabelsboys The future is better dealt with using assumptions than forecasts. Russell L. Ackoff forecastsassumption Friends never make assumptions about you. They never expect a reason to go out with you. In fact friends only expect you to be you. Russell Lynes assumptionwisefacts The assumption that the gospel can be reduced to a note card is already off on the wrong track. Scot McKnight assumptiontrackcards It's "a 'disorder of "assumption"' - the notion that their maleness or femaleness is different than what nature assigned to them biologically. Rush Limbaugh assumptiondisorderdifferent Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding. Scott Adams fundingrealisticassumption In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of those lighter browns in the Crayola box. You have to be careful of the cops and robbers, because nobody's quite sure what you are, but everybody has assumptions. Sherman Alexie copassumptionnight Now, I have nothing against the public school system as it is presently organized, once you allow the humor of its basic assumption about how it is possible to teach things to children. Shirley Jackson assumptionchildrenschool Because all existence is founded upon the ever-present state of union, everything already exists in a state of tranquility. However, this state of tranquility is masked from us by our assumption that there is a separation, that there is a problem. Shunryu Suzuki unionsonenessassumption One thing that irritates me is when people kind of make assumptions. Simon Pegg assumptionkindpeople There is this assumption that much of what I write is about my life, and that simply is not true. Siri Hustvedt assumptionwriting You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do or don't do. Simone de Beauvoir assumptionassumingresponsibility But it is a fallacy, if one is examining the methods by which security can be attained, to start upon the assumption, as so many hon. Members do, that we get security by an increase of air armaments or an increase of any other form of armaments. Stafford Cripps increaseassumptionair The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances. Stephen Bayley assumptiontraditionmen«345678910111213»
