#assumption

If they are, then the only ultimate truths are the particulars of concrete experience, and no postulate or general assumption is inherent in science until its proceedings become systematic, or the truths already reached give direction to further research. ↗

— Chauncey Wright

#assumption #become #concrete #direction #experience

If others tell us something we make assumptions, and if they don't tell us something we make assumptions to fulfill our need to know and to replace the need to communicate. Even if we hear something and we don't understand we make assumptions about what it means and then believe the assumptions. We make all sorts of assumptions because we don't have the courage to ask questions. ↗

— Miguel Ruiz

#life #wisdom #communication

The 1970s - I was ten in 1975 - were a bad decade in all sorts of ways but the middle class had comfortable assumptions about the prospects for its children. The middle class was smaller then; it was a much less competitive Britain, less meritocratic. ↗

— David Miliband

#assumptions #bad #britain #children #class

There was a lot of stress and assumptions made without me even saying anything, which was very upsetting. ↗

— Craig Stevens

#assumptions #even #lot #made #me

Nothing can be more incorrect than the assumption one sometimes meets with, that physics has one method, chemistry another, and biology a third. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#assumption #biology #chemistry #incorrect #meets

How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#assumption #change #compassion #inspirational #judging

Yesterday's adaptations are today's routines. ↗

— Ronald Heifetz

#status-quo #change

Assumptions are unopened windows that foolish birds fly into, and their broken bodies are evidence gathered too late. ↗

— Bryan Davis

#blunt #comical #funny #harsh #irony

The strength of one's opinion should not exceed their knowledge on the matter. ↗

— Eric Hirzel

#close-mindedness #intelligence #knowledge #open-mindedness #opinions

I was not sympathetic to the assumption that criminals had radically different motivations from everyone else. ↗