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Everything now, we must assume, is in our hands; we have no right to assume otherwise. — James Baldwin

We may indeed assume, with a high degree of probability, that Jane Austen went commando. — Margaret C. Sullivan

It's not always wise to assume that just because the surface of the world appears undisturbed, life is where you left it. — Jan Ellison

The most important philosophy I think is that even if it isn't true you must absolutely assume there is no afterlife. — Stephen Fry

Physics is unable to stand on its own feet, but needs a metaphysics on which to support itself, whatever fine airs it may assume towards the latter. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Whether you're heroic or heartless may depend on a contextual factor whose impact is far greater than we would tend to assume. — Richard E. Nisbett

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

Never assume that someone likes you by their sweetNess.Sometimes you are an option when they are bored — Prince Simus

Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice. — John Rawls

It's healthier to reject certain cautions than fall in line. I assume you know that, he said. — Don DeLillo

If a rattlesnake thinks he can swallow a mouse, he probably can. Don't assume you think like a snake unless you are one. — Alan Alda

Companies in every industry need to assume that a software revolution is coming. — Marc Andreessen

I think all happiness depends on the energy to assume the mask of some other life, on a re-birth as something not one's self. — W.B.Yeats

Being mad at someone for acting exactly the way you assume they'll act is no one's fault but your own. — Sarah Addison Allen

I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer isn't aware of. — Umberto Eco

Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don't understand this — Lee Kuan Yew

On the odd days Auto Tone gets it right I assume it's using some kind of voodoo. — David DuChemin

That profound firmness which enabler a man to regard difficulties but as evils to be surmounted, no matter what shape they may assume. — Charles Caleb Colton

I assume that maybe you are not serious, but sincere. — Alan W. Watts

Go among the people. Don't assume you know what church looks like. — Alan Hirsch

Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won't? - Damon — L.J.Smith

Assume nothing, Shara reminds herself. You do not know until you know. — Robert Jackson Bennett

Of course, the most troubling question is why do these people assume we're gay? — Dean Winchester

I will assume for the present
until next year
that it is no illusion. My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will. — William James

How unfair she'd been to assume love and money would preclude pain and hardship. — Maggie Stiefvater

One does not have to prove a negative. One should assume a negative. — David Eller

People assume that because I was brought up on Rolling Stones tours, and my father is who he is, I'm some kind of rock-and-roll bad girl. — Elizabeth Jagger

I've been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration. Good design is problem solving. — Jeffrey Veen

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

To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is the same thing as absolute certainty. — John Stuart Mill

Nobility is often no more than the inner aspect which our egotistical feelings assume when we have not yet named and classified them. — Marcel Proust

It is often the people who refuse to assume any responsibility who are apt to be the sharpest critics of those who do. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Never Assume Always Ask for Verification — Marieke Stoop

If she felt my gaze upon her, I assume she was accustomed to being stared at, just as I was used to wanting what I could not have. — Alice Hoffman

The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

It's such a part of me, I assume Everyone can see it. — Hugh Elliot

People assume I sell a lot more records than I actually do. I really don't sell any. — Marnie Stern

We believe that an individual must endeavor to assume the universalism inherent in the human condition. — Frantz Fanon

Because theatre is a story-telling art form, we feel entitled to assume that the playwright got there before we got there. — Tom Stoppard

You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. — Anne Lamott

You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior. — Katie Couric

When people give you their stated reason for doing something always assume they are giving you a reason that sounds good, but not the real reason. — James Altucher

We must never assume that which is incapable of proof. — George Henry Lewes

If you assume there is no hope, you guarantee there will be no hope. — Noam Chomsky

Think the best of each other, especially of those you say you love. Assume the good and doubt the bad. — Jeffrey R. Holland

May it be to the world ... to assume the blessings and security of self-government. — Thomas Jefferson

I'm annoyed because he assumed I'd have dinner with him, then continued to assume I would even after I refused. It's a normal reaction. — Nora Roberts

Once you realize how effortless the highest way of life is, it takes tremendous effort to assume the opposite. — Lester Levenson

my personal life philosophy is always to assume the worst, then you're never disappointed. — Felicia Day

Challenge rises in her eyes. "You're assuming I actually liked you to begin with. You know what they say about people who assume, ass. — Emma Chase

How 'We' Assume the Throne [10w]
We've become royalty
when the first-person-singular leaps
into the first-person-plural. — Beryl Dov

I so enjoy it when people assume I'm stupid."
"Not that, just very focused on killing. — Ann Aguirre

Assume nothing,'" he said. The first chapter of the Tactics. "If we figure everyone might be a murderer, we're less likely to be disappointed. — Brian Staveley

Life is Death. Death is Life. Teach the deserving. Teach with passion. Learn always. Assume Nothing. — Shaolin

Assume that you are part-hypocrite and part heedless, and you will not be far wrong. — Idries Shah

You always assume for some strange reason that you need three meals a day. — Wole Soyinka

You've been in long enough, Grayson. Never assume malice if you can explain it with lack of planning. — Marko Kloos

I assume you know me from somewhere," he said. "Did I ruin your sister's reputation? If so, I'm afraid she was quite forgettable. — Sean Williams

I assume that a sufficiently skilled will be able to do anything not explicitly forbidden by the hardware. — Bjarne Stroustrup

Growing up in America, I'd come to assume that everything I had - and did - was the newest, best, and most advanced in the world. It — Brandon Sanderson

To assume a cat's asleep is a grave mistake. He can close his eyes and keep both his ears awake. — Aileen Fisher

The funny thing about writing is I think a lot of people assume that you're sitting in a garret with a quill pen for hour after hour. — Lincoln Child

But to speak ill of people at hand who give no cause for blame, is to assume a right far distinct from justice. — Aeschylus

Always assume incompetence before looking for conspiracy. — Niccolo Machiavelli

I apologize if there's a Parkinson's painter in the audience. I assume you do your best work in the morning. Probably gets abstract by noon. — Daniel Tosh

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it. — Leo Tolstoy

I assume he is the one unfortunate enough to be called Ptolemus. — Victoria Aveyard

If you want a fast, fun and sexy read, then Do Not Assume is the book for you. — Elaine Williams Crockett

I assume everyone around me is older because they look more responsible. — Armando Iannucci

Imagine about anything instead of assume about it. — Savan Solanki

Most of us assume we are seeing the world the way it really is. — Ned Herrmann

But, I don't want to assume that our tradition of excellence is a guarantee of future excellence. — Dave Heineman

I read a lot fewer thrillers than I think people assume I do. — Chelsea Cain

My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership. — James Dobson

I assume the body language no matter what in doing voiceover. There is a transformative aspect. — Jennifer Hale

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately. — Bob Iger

If you assume that the Big Bang happened gratuitously, you're talking about magic, not science. — R.C. Sproul

O masses, o masses! When will you assume the image and likeness of your avant-garde? — Andrei Platonov

It's really ridiculous to assume that people are improved by hearing someone tell the truth about them. — Christa Wolf

Assume makes an ass out of you and me - p.239 — David Leavitt

We assume that good-looking people are smarter and more effective than they really are, and that homely people are the reverse. — James Surowiecki

I wonder if you men have any idea of how insulting it is to women when you assume that all we can offer is our bodies? — Ellen Kushner

I'm always amazed at how many people assume a business has to lose money before it makes money. — Robert Kiyosaki

Each time we consider a miracle impossible, or assume that we ourselves are not capable of working it, then we're choosing not to take flight ... — Marianne Williamson

It's safe to assume that no matter where you stand, someone would be happy to be in your shoes, just as you'd be happy to be in someone else's. — Scott Berkun

I'm not the most loved person on the planet. People assume they understand who I am by what I do. — Mark T Bertolini

I assume then, that you have no real faith in the fondness any of the rest of us may feel for you?'
'None,' said Mrs. Halloran. — Shirley Jackson

I assume there must be some kind of genetic thrust. My two grandmothers were very different, but both of them were frustrated musicians. — Joni Mitchell

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility. — Adam Clarke

I always assumed everybody shared my love for overcast skies. It came as a shock to find out that some people prefer sunshine. — Glenn Gould

People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb. — Olivia Wilde

I think it's easy for people to assume that fame is equal to glory, but it can be a very isolating experience. — Sophia Bush

Assume makes an ass out of you and me. — David Leavitt

I think everything that any actor does, I would assume, is shaped by how and where they grew up. — Melissa McCarthy

In spite of what most assume, it is surprisingly tough to make the mind and body work together as a unit. — H.E. Davey

Again rejoicing Nature sees
Her robe assume its vernal hues
Her leafy locks wave in the breeze,
All freshly steep'd in the morning dews. — Robert Burns

The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right. — Henry David Thoreau

Odd how it was so easy for a stranger to assume such familiarity. Especially when those who were supposed to know you best often didn't, not at all. — Sarah Dessen

Don't assume, because you are intelligent, able, and well-motivated, that you are open to communication, that you know how to listen. — Robert K. Greenleaf

From my perspective, the state has to assume responsibility for the integrity of international communications. — Thomas De Maiziere