#assumption

If you're black in America, race is a factor in your life. Start with that assumption. ↗

— Henry Hampton

#assumption #black #factor #life #race

Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals. ↗

— George Eliot

#simplicity #life

I thin many people's deviant behavior starts with dreams because dreams are so non-linear... as if there's an assumption that everything has to be linear or has to be plotted. ↗

— Robyn Hitchcock

#because #behavior #dreams #everything #i

Begin challenging your assumptions. Your assumptions are the windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile or the light won't come in. ↗

— Alan Alda

#awhile #begin #challenging #come #every

The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#basic #modernity #overcomes #religion #secular

Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions. ↗

— E. T. Bell

#argument #assumptions #euclid #examine #me

Three big assumptions proved wrong: one, that the Iraqi people would welcome us as liberators; two, that oil would soon pay for Iraqi's rebuilding; and, three, that we have plenty of troops, weapons, and equipment for the postwar situation. ↗

— John Spratt

#big #equipment #iraqi #iraqi people #liberators

If I had a dollar for every time a random woman walked up to me and tried to seduce me, I'd have 50 cents. That's assuming drag queens are half price. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#cents #discount #dollar #drag-queen #drag-queens

People who assume I want to run for elected office may be dealing from a bad assumption. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#assumption #bad #dealing #elected #i

We now have a whole culture based on the assumption that people know nothing and so anything can be said to them. ↗

— Stephen Vizinczey

#assumption #based #culture #know #nothing