#assumption

The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic... for the grounds for that love have always been the assumption that we ought to realize that we are the same the whole world over. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#assumption #been #brotherhood #grounds #love

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

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

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

The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prosecuted before observation had taken the place of assumption. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#before #had #inquiries #inquiry #jurist

If the assumptions used in calculating energy are changed, then this seriously affects the final result, even though the same body of data might be used. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#assumptions #body #calculating #changed #data

Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way - not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back. ↗

— Sheryl Sandberg

#assumption #back #care #child #child care

My role on television is one of helping people reexamine the assumptions that they hold. I regard Dr. King. You would never hear me get up and speak without in some way, shape or form, referencing, Dr. King. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#dr #form #get #hear #helping