Assume Quotes

Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there.

What a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from us.

The pure impulse of dynamic creation is formless; and being formless, the creation it gives rise to can assume any and every form.

Don't just assume you've had it because if you haven't you're making a wrong assumption and putting yourself at risk.

We assume our fruits and vegetables are protected. As we learned from 9/11, you can't take anything for granted.

We cannot assume the injustice of any actions which only create offense, and especially as regards religion and morals. He who utters or does anything to wound the conscience and moral sense of others, may indeed act immorally; but, so long as he is not guilty of being importunate, he violates no right.

We just assume politics is corrupt and a little bit of corruption is the cost of doing business.

Many people wrongly assume the most important issue is money. While it isn't trivial, it's way down the list.

Many people wrongly assume that the most important issue among families is money and wealth transfer -- it's not. What we found was the memories, the stories, the values were 10 times more important to people than the money.

All too often, companies take data security far too casually. I guess they assume nothing is going to happen.

If we assume that Iran has a military nuclear program, what is wrong with that when Israel and others have them?.

Whenever you have to assume administrative duties and recruiting duties and you don't have an assistant coach, it's a burden that you feel. It's a lot of paperwork just to get through the season, and recruiting is something that has to be done year-round.

You know why. It's Texas. It's the state university of Texas. They just assume that posture. It's their birthright.

I tell kids to doubt anything you see online. If you're communicating with strangers, assume they are a 60-year-old man drooling. As savvy as kids are, they tend to be very trusting and naive.

People assume that for me to play a sexually open character like Samantha, I must have had fabulous sex for most of my life.

Nothing is sacrosanct and nothing is carved in stone so nobody should assume that they have the right to live with us for ever.

We can assume there are increased numbers of reported sexual assaults (not necessarily increased sexual assaults) ... because there is no reason to think that sexual assault occurs anymore than any other violent crime.

Assume that a time machine is beaming you back to Monday morning. You start the week with the impression of an unexpectedly strong 274k US payroll report in mind. In addition, a clairvoyant tells you that: 1) US retail sales surged by 1.4% m-o-m in April, 2) German growth advanced by 4% q-o-q annualized in Q1 2005, 3) speculation about a revaluation of the Renminbi will intensify, 4) the oil price will fall by about USD 3.50 per barrel this week, 5) and the US Treasury will sell USD 51 bn in Treasury Notes. You make up your mind and conclude that in this environment yields need to go up. At least 99 out of 100 market participants with the same information would have shared your view. But reality is different. Yields are down and down and down again. These are Schwarzenegger markets, no one can beat them.

This time of year is like the reverse of Christmas. You automatically assume the worst of everyone and everyone's intentions.

We assume father and son were communicating by letter and possibly a third party who may have visited Rodriguez in prison. We believe they had been planning the escape for at least six months and probably longer.

I can only assume that, when the vice president of the United States lobbies the Congress on behalf of cruel and unusual punishment and the need to be able to do that in order to get information out of potential terrorists... that it's still going on.

They were all built from 1920 to yesterday, and you can only assume that most of the buildings were built in compliance with the Florida building code. Most were built to withstand 100 mph winds.

Pretension - The downside of being better than everyone else is that people tend to assume you're pretentious.