#assumption

People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#because #claims #clash #connections #empirical

The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason. ↗

— Herbert Read

#analogous #appetites #assumption #being #digestions

We're living in a whole new social and economic order with a whole new set of problems and challenges. Old assumptions and old programs don't work in this new society and the more we try to stretch them to make them fit, the more we will be seen as running away from what is reality. ↗

— Ann Richards

#away #challenges #economic #fit #living

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

I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to a ghostwriter. ↗

— Molly Ringwald

#any #assumption #book #celebrity #dictated

One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is that assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind. ↗

— Jean Kerr

#assumption #because #bladder #contend #difficult

I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and think they have no redeeming qualities, but like everyone, they're complex. ↗

— Callie Khouri

#assumptions #characters #complex #everyone #i

Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life. ↗

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

#agreement #ask #assumptions #avoid #clearly

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 work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues. ↗

— Peter Singer

#based #better #clarity #consistency #ethical