(457 quotes found)
“Never assume the obvious is true.”
William Safire
“Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship.”
Dave Barry
“Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically.”
“I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it.”
William S. Burroughs
“We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.”
Stephen R. Covey
“The spirit that I have seen May be the devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape”
William Shakespeare
““The hardest thing in the world is to assume the mood of a warrior. It is of no use to be sad and complain and feel justified in doing so, believing that someone is always doing something it us. Nobody is doing anything to anybody, much less to a warrior.””
Carlos Castaneda
“In the present circumstances, no one can afford to assume that someone else will solve their problems. Every individual has a responsibility to help guide our global family in the right direction. Good wishes are not sufficient; we must become actively engaged.”
Dalai Lama
“The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.”
George Orwell
“I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you”
Walt Whitman