#assume

Until the 20th century it was generally assumed that a writer had said what he had to say in his works. ↗

— John Updike

#assumed #century #generally #had #his

I always assumed that like my mother before me, one day I would have children. ↗

— Kim Cattrall

#assumed #before #children #day #i

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing. ↗

— Dick Cavett

#dentistry #doing #finances #handling #knows

Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#duty #easily #god #great #great nation

I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#anyway #asset #assumed #because #expected

You know when you read that someone has to leave a show or a tour because they had 'nervous exhaustion'? Well, I had one of those and discovered that I was quite close to death. I always assumed that my lifestyle was going to take me at an early age, but when it was actually occurring I was, 'Not yet!' I pulled back. ↗

— David Johansen

#age #always #assumed #back #because

People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#athlete #because #bit #dance #great

Grant, if we edited Fortran, I assume that you'd put a column thing in there. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#column #edited #grant #i #put

I was always a clown. In the eighth grade I won a city speech contest by doing an Eddie Murphy routine. I'm no good at public speaking, but if I can assume a role and speak as that person, then I'm fine. When I had to give a book report, I always did it in character. ↗

— Jason Wiles

#assume #book #character #city #clown

The famous saying 'God is love', it is generally assumed, means that God is like our immediate emotional indulgence, not that the meaning of love ought to have something of the 'otherness' and terror of God. ↗

— Charles Williams

#emotional #famous #generally #god #immediate