The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. Votes: 3
Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature and judgments that overthrow the rule of reason. Votes: 3
The Congressional Budget Office has been embarrassed repeatedly by making projections based on the assumption that tax revenues and tax rates move in the same direction. Votes: 1
Bands like Nirvana had theatrical sensibilities, playing with image, challenging assumptions people were making about them, the apex being Kurt Cobain in a dress to make a point. Votes: 1
Contrary to popular assumptions, the Bible is not a record of the blessed good, but rather the blessed bad. That's not a typo. The Bible is a record of the blessed bad. The Bible is not a witness to the best people making it up to God; it's a witness to God making it down to the worst people. Votes: 1
The hardest assumption to challenge is the one you don't even know you are making. Votes: 0
The process of thinking is a way of analyzing and making the right assumption at the right moment in life. Votes: 0
...we are entitled to make almost any reasonable assumption, but should resist making conclusions until evidence requires that we do so. Votes: 0
The Court is making the preposterous assumption that the People of the United States somehow silently redefined marriage in 1868 when they ratified the 14th Amendment. Votes: 0
I'm making the assumption that after Mrs. Obama leaves the White House that she will continue all of her work toward improving education in this nation and childhood health. Votes: 0
I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years. Votes: 4 Warren Buffett
Making night hideous. Votes: 3 William Shakespeare