#assume

People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

#assume #commands #conclusion #defend #dictates

We must all assume out responsibilities to take the country forward. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#country #forward #must #out #responsibilities

I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled. ↗

— Amy Adams

#assume #attention #attitude #because #enough

Not that it entirely matters: There is a perception that all actors make their movies. A lot of people assume you're responsible. George Clooney told me actors get all of the blame and all the credit. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#blame #clooney #credit #entirely #george

I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something. I would box them into a corner with a badly formed question, and they didn't know how to get out of it. Now, I let them take me through it step by step, and I listen. ↗

— Alan Alda

#assumed #badly #because #box #corner

Companies in every industry need to assume that a software revolution is coming. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

#coming #companies #every #industry #need

I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc of the women's movement. And I wasn't at all. It put a lot of unnecessary pressure on me. ↗

— Bea Arthur

#assumed #happy #i #joan #just

What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death. ↗

— George P. Baker

#come #death #elizabethan #ending #far

Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship. ↗

— Dave Barry

#assume #guy #never #understands #you

Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#assume #broad #build #business #central