#assume

Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#everything #nobody #writer

It is like we are obliged to assume that the government is only doing what it says it is doing. ↗

— James Bovard

#doing #government #like #obliged #only

Candidates and their consultants keep making the same mistake. They assume that all independents are bundled neatly together ideologically between Republicans and Democrats. ↗

— John Sununu

#between #candidates #consultants #democrats #ideologically

It was critical to finding a way out. I had assumed young women knew the history of feminism and must have felt gratitude to the movement for the opportunities that the work we have done has afforded them. ↗

— Betty Buckley

#assumed #critical #done #felt #feminism

I make progress by having people around me who are smarter than I am and listening to them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something than I am. ↗

— Henry J. Kaiser

#am #around #assume #everyone #having

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

— Adam Clarke

#dense #frequently #garb #humility #mask

People just assume that if you're famous, you're in Hollywood. ↗

— Megan Fox

#famous #hollywood #just #people #you

It would have been easier to have a male protagonist, but I didn't want people to assume that Nikki Hill was me in her entirety because a lot of people just don't like me and I don't think they would be interested in reading about me, even in the fictional context. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#assume #because #been #context #easier

But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life. ↗

— Angela Davis

#allow #assume #difference #going #laurels

Personally, I don't see old economics and behavioural economics as opposed. It is useful to assume people are rational as a good approximation to their long term behaviour, but it would be unwise not to think how in practice their behaviour may deviate from that simplifying assumption. ↗

— Evan Davis

#assume #assumption #behaviour #behavioural #deviate