#assume

Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young. ↗

— Martha Beck

#assume #children #feel #old #responsibilities

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred. ↗

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

#assume #democracy #form #frankly #good

Every time I started going in the direction of thinking how it might turn out, I started to just turn my brain around and not go there, because I think the surest way to guarantee that you won't win is to assume that you will. ↗

— Brad Bird

#assume #because #brain #direction #every

My instinct is to assume that we consumers are an inconsistent bunch. We like competition if it delivers low prices, but grumble if it delivers the bad news that prices need to go up. ↗

— Evan Davis

#bad #bad news #bunch #competition #consumers

I don't know why they're doing it. I have to assume that their motives are positive, not negative. But they don't understand the severity of the problem in this state. ↗

— Gray Davis

#doing #i #know #motives #negative

Trade helps bring us products cheaply, but there is no guarantee whatsoever to assume that it will allow us to replace the jobs that have been lost, and there is no mechanism under productivity that says that, either. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#assume #been #bring #cheaply #either

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#consider #himself #man #property #public

The idea of winning a doctor's degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me. ↗

— Elizabeth Blackwell

#aspect #assumed #attraction #degree #doctor

That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians. ↗

— William Blake

#assumed #benefits #christians #exclusively #god

My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership. ↗

— James Dobson

#husbands #leadership #merely #observation #their