Quotes by Assumption People, please remember that I choose my words very carefully. Assumptions are your enemy. Chris Kluwe assumptionpeopleenemy It's not always going to cost money to turn a parish into a more welcoming parish. But it does take a willingness to change a lot of assumptions. Chris Lowney willingnesswelcomeassumption I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other. Christina Baker Kline be-kindassumptiontrying We tend to speak of sin in very personal and individual terms. Jeremiah does not downplay that, but he also sees how a whole society can be bound up in the tentacles of sin, in the assumptions that everybody around you makes, about how it becomes easier to sin than not to, and how we can become so confused and contradictory in our reactions, when sin is pointed out. Christopher J. H. Wright confusedassumptionspeak Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions. Chuck Palahniuk importanceassumptioncivilization I certainly have no regrets about overthrowing Saddam Hussein. I'd do it again. And, yes, there are a lot of things that I think we'd all do differently. Maybe we made some erroneous assumptions about the fabric of the society in Iraq and about the solidity of some of the institutions. And yes, there are a lot of things I would do differently. I'd probably work to rebuild Iraq from the outside in, rather than concentrating so much on Baghdad, for instance. Condoleezza Rice assumptionregretthinking Interrogate yours hidden assumptions Cornel West assumption When I was a kid, and I was odd, the default assumption was that I was odd, not that I was gay. Now when a kid is odd in a Greensburg, gay or straight, the default assumption is gay. Dan Savage assumptiongaykids We all make basic assumptions about things in life, but sometimes those assumptions are WRONG. We must never trust in what we assume, only in what we KNOW. Darren Shan assumptionassumingthings-in-life Assumptions are dangerous things. I like facts a lot better. David Baldacci dangerousassumptionfacts Beware of assumptions that seem "obvious" in one decade. They may become quaint in the next. David Brin assumptionnextmay I sort of feel we have to owe some respect to the process and owe some respect to the electorate and the people who voted Donald Trump, on the assumption that they have something to teach us. David Brooks assumptionprocesspeople The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you allow in before it takes over? David Byrne chaosmessassumption There's an assumption by many partners that no matter what happens to their business, they'll be partners forever. David Gene Gibbs assumptionmatterforever Adam Smith actually took all his best ideas and lines from sources from medieval Persia. But one thing he doesn't take is the underlying assumption they have that the basis of a market is mutual aid. David Graeber assumptionlinesideas The assumption that you everyone else is like you. That you are the world. The disease of consumer capitalism. The complacent solipsism. David Foster Wallace assumptiondiseaseworld All work flows from some underlying assumptions, and the content of that faith can dramatically change our expectations for our work. David Kim assumptionflowexpectations We were created for a purpose and when our underlying assumptions don't reflect this deeper purpose, we begin to whither as human beings. David Kim deeperassumptionpurpose Karl Marx predicted the eventual withering away of the state and the 'dictatorship of the proletariat,' when the people would rule, which was sheer fantasy because it was sheer fantasy because it was based on grossly erroneous assumptions about human nature, as history would repeatedly demonstrate. David Limbaugh fantasyassumptionpeople We are living in a time when the very integrity of the Constitution is being threatened daily, from federal bailouts to federal assumption of control over private business. David Limbaugh constitutionassumptionintegrity«1234567891011»
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