Quotes by Assumption There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others. Milton Sapirstein impulseassumptionpersons ...theories should be judged by their ability to predict events rather than by the realism of their assumptions. Milton Friedman investingassumptionevents Theories can be based on any assumptions, however bizarre. Milton Friedman assumptionbizarretheory We never look beyond our assumptions and what's worse, we have given up trying to meet others; we just meet ourselves. Muriel Barbery assumptiontryinglooks The human mind inherently seeks intelligible order. Thus the conviction that such an order exists to be found is a crucial assumption. Nancy Pearcey assumptionmindorder We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable. Neal A. Maxwell assumptionassumingjustice Your assumption, to be effective, cannot be a single isolated act, it must be a maintained attitude of the wish fulfilled. Neville Goddard assumptionwishattitude The greater the power of any subjective state, the more total is a Romantic's assumption that everyone understands exactly what he is about to do, therefore waste not a moment by stopping to tell them. Norman Mailer stoppingassumptionwaste There is still much debate about whether torture has been effective in eliciting information - the assumption being, apparently, that if it is effective, then it may be justified. Noam Chomsky assumptioninformationmay Despite all the boosterish talk of globalization breaking down barriers, most writers in Anglo-America are still working within the nationalist assumptions of their traditionally powerful societies. Pankaj Mishra assumptionpowerfulamerica I made the assumption, wrong of course, that conceptual analysis was a brief preliminary on the road to finding out about the nature of free will, consciousness, the self, the origin of values, and so forth. Patricia Churchland assumptionanalysisself Experience arises together with theoretical assumptions not before them, and an experience without theory is just as incomprehensible as is (allegedly) a theory without experience. Paul Feyerabend assumptionarisetogether Usually a person relates to another under the tacit assumption thatthe other shares his view of reality, that indeed there is only onereality. Paul Watzlawick assumptionviewsreality It follows from the assumption of a universally valid ideology, just as night follows day, that other positions are heresy. Paul Watzlawick assumptionatheismnight Implicit in the banking concept is the assumption of a dichotomy between human beings and the world: a person is merely in the world, not with the world or with others; the individual is spectator, not re-creator. Paulo Freire bankingassumptionworld My assumption is that fundamentally the picture of the human animal, as developed by Freud, is largely right. Peter Gay assumptionhumansanimal Balance Sheets are meaningless. Our accounting systems are still based on the assumption that 80% of costs are manual labor. Peter Drucker assumptionbalancecost Erroneous assumptions can be disastrous. Peter Drucker assumptiondecisionthinking The most probable assumption is that no currently working 'business theory' will be valid 10 years hence. Peter Drucker assumptiontheoryyears Mental models are deeply ingrained assumptions, generalizations, or even pictures of images that influence how we understand the world and how we take action. Peter Senge assumptionactionworld«345678910111213»
