quotes about Supposing That

last updated: November 28, 2023

Talk of belief in these animals is not some kind of anthropomorphism. We simply cannot explain the kinds of problem solving and behavioral sophistication some species exhibit without supposing that they have genuine beliefs. But once these ethologists finish making the case for animal belief, they quickly move to talk of animal knowledge as well. What I argue is that this is not a mere faÃ§on de parler.
-- Hilary Kornblith

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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We must beware of falling into the fatally common error of supposing that what we see is all there is to see.
-- Charles Webster Leadbeater

Source : Charles Webster Leadbeater (1996). “The Life After Death and How Theosophy Unveils It”, p.7, Health Research Books

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Nearly everyone who is unemployed votes "Democrat." Nearly every immigrant, at least in the first generation, votes "Democrat." Nearly every non-white American votes "Democrat." The GOP know that so intellectually and financially bankrupt an administration should never have been re-elected - indeed, given the scale of electoral fraud practiced by the "Democrats," he may not actually have been re-elected (always supposing that he had the constitutional right to hold the office of president in the first place).
-- Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

Source : "State Of Disunion: A 'Radical' Solution" by Christopher Monckton, www.wnd.com. January 28, 2014.

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“I think people don't understand that comedy is an outlet for me. Comedy allows me to get outside of myself, and exercise this thing that is still kind of scary to me.”
“Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.”
“Love in France is a comedy; in England a tragedy; in Italy an opera seria; and in Germany a melodrama.”
“A lot of people in line at the grocery store think that they know me, but they don't.”

Source : "The Other 'Girls': Jemima Kirke, Zoisa Mamet and Allison Williams on Their New HBO Show". Interview with Jordan Zakarin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 13, 2012.
“Obviously, the answer to oil spills is to paper-train the tankers.”
“I don't buy the 'cynical voice'; I think we've had too much of that over the past few years; it's become deadening. I'm a passionate person, who is not afraid to express emotion in print.”
“George Hamilton is one of the funniest men I have ever known.”
“Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligenceâ€“ whether much that is gloriousâ€“ whether all that is profoundâ€“ does not spring from disease of thoughtâ€“ from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect.”
“When you expand the definition of marriage beyond one man and one woman, society can expect other consenting adults in other configurations to say that their choices deserve recognition.”

Source : "This Holiday Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us". Interview with Emily Yoffe, www.slate.com. May 13, 2013.
“I am happy. I skated well. This is a competition and sometimes things don't go as you'd like them to.”