Assume Quotes

I always assume I look better than I actually do. I'll feel pretty good about myself when I leave the house, then I'll see a picture and think, 'Crap, I had no idea that's what I was looking like.'

I want to suggest a feeling. It's ridiculous to assume you can state an opinion. Somebody else can never relate to the lyric in the same way because their whole experience is different. You can only suggest, then people add their own history and experience to the lyrics.

I can say with pride verging on smugness that I've got two very successful shows that assume their audience is very smart.

I think it's easy for people to assume that fame is equal to glory, but it can be a very isolating experience.

The thing about hearing loss is that no one can see it. Most people are so impatient; they just assume that the person with hearing loss is being rude, or slow-witted.

We're African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.

Never assume the obvious is true.

Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation.

The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.

I've always assumed that my parents and my in-laws would live with me when I get older and have children. I just assume it will happen and that it's the right way to do things. It's a deeply Indian custom - that you kind of inherit your parents and your spouse's parents and you take care of them eventually.

People just assume that if you're famous, you're in Hollywood.

Well, let's assume the world is linear. If we required a certain amount of troops per 25,000 population in the Balkans, if the world is not radically different, something of the same extent is going to be needed in Iraq.

On the basis of Lorentz's theory, if we limit ourselves to a single spectral line, it suffices to assume that each atom (or molecule) contains a single moving electron.

Is it philosophical, is it quite allowable, to assume without evidence from fossil plants that the family or any of the genera was once larger and wide spread? and occupied a continuous area?

Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.

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

Be strong and follow your own convictions. You can't assume there is a lot of time to do what you like. This is what David Bowie is afraid of: that he will die before he gets a chance to make a real strong contribution.

During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.

Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.

Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do.

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred.

You have a specific, defined audience-at MTV, they assume the audience to the news is 15 to 30 years old and they do a lot of research about the things they're interested in.

Trade helps bring us products cheaply, but there is no guarantee whatsoever to assume that it will allow us to replace the jobs that have been lost, and there is no mechanism under productivity that says that, either.

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

We assume people we know can't be serial killers.

I make progress by having people around me who are smarter than I am and listening to them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something than I am.

People complain that chefs aren't at their restaurants anymore, but I don't think that's the case at all. You see them on TV and you assume they're not working but they are.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.