Quotes and Sayings About Assuming
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To contact the deeper truth of who we are, we must engage in some activity or practice that questions what we assume to be true about ourselves.
-- A. H. Almaas -
Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t.
-- Aaron Copland -
Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.
-- Adam Clarke -
The personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew.
-- Adolf Hitler -
Sometimes,because we use the same words,we assume we mean the same thing
-- Ahdaf Soueif -
I am ready to serve the people of Afghanistan, particularly in order to restore peace. I will be ready to assume any duty at the service of my people.
-- Ahmad -
Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception.
-- Alan Bennett -
Pity the mother who assumes the name without being all this implies!
-- Amos Bronson Alcott -
Don't assume your child is weak. If you, the parent, assume that they can't take anymore, what kind of signal are you sending them?
-- Amy Chua -
When you put something down that happened, people often don't believe it; whereas, you can make up anything, and people assume it must have happened to you.
-- Andrew Holleran -
When a plan or strategy fails, people are tempted to assume it was the wrong vision. Plans and strategies can always be changed and improved. But vision doesn't change. Visions are simply refined with time.
-- Andy Stanley -
I so enjoy it when people assume I'm stupid." "Not that, just very focused on killing.
-- Ann Aguirre -
Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.
-- Ann Beattie -
I assume these structures are made for siting?
-- Anna Banks -
Since sane people rarely surround themselves with furnishings which they personally find repellent, it is logical to assume that it will generate a bit of goodwill to enthuse about those they have ...
-- Anne Morice -
Assume the worst. About everybody. But don't let this poisoned outlook affect your job performance. Let it all roll off your back. Ignore it. Be amused by what you see and suspect. Just because someone you work with is a miserable, treacherous, self-serving, capricious and corrupt asshole shouldn't prevent you from enjoying their company, working with them or finding them entertaining.
-- Anthony Bourdain -
I find it hard to meet the right woman as people assume I'm a certain type of person - which I'm not.
-- Anthony Kiedis -
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.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery -
We may assume the superiority ceteris paribus of the demonstration which derives from fewer postulates or hypotheses - in short, from fewer premises.
-- Aristotle -
Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people.
-- Aung San Suu Kyi -
I cannot assume emotions I do not feel, and must describe Jerusalem as I found it. Since being here, I have read the accounts of several travellers, and in many cases the devotional rhapsodies - the ecstacies of awe and reverence - in which they indulge, strike me as forced and affected.
-- Bayard Taylor -
Never assume someone is smarter than you.
-- Bethenny Frankel -
When you're not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.
-- Bill Bradley -
Never assume you know where someone else is coming from.
-- Blake Crouch -
That's one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.
-- Bob Goff -
Never assume you understand. Ask the questions.
-- Brian Tracy -
New Yorkers are inclined to assume it will never rain, and certainly not on New Yorkers.
-- Brooks Atkinson -
If you have problems in your life, don’t assume there is something wrong with you.
-- Bruce C. Hafen