Assumption Quotes

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  Assumptions are the termites of relationships.

  Henry Winkler

  Love, Funny, Relationship

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• The most misleading assumptions are the ones you don't even know you're making.

  Douglas Adams

  Statistics, Knows, Mislead

  Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine (2011). “Last Chance to See”, p.95, Ballantine Books

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• The problem with assumptions is that we believe they are the truth.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Being Happy, Truth, Believe

  "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom". Book by Don Miguel Ruiz, 1997.

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• The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Way, Four Agreements, Asks

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• Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.

  Alan Alda

  Change, Teaching, Humility

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• The harder you fight to hold on to specific assumptions, the more likely there's gold in letting go of them.

  John Seely Brown

  Letting Go, Goodbye, Fighting

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• Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Inspirational, Courage, Drama

  "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom". Book by Don Miguel Ruiz, 1997.

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• You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Commitment, Sticks

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• Ignorance is brought about by assumption.

  T. D. Jakes

  Ignorance

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• Don't make assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Sadness, Agreement, Want

  "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)". Book by Miguel Angel Ruiz, 1997.

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• It is always better to ask then to make an assumption.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Asks

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• The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable.

  Paul Broca

  Inspire, Physicians, Assuming

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• Incorrect assumptions lie at the root of every failure. Have the courage to test your assumptions.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Lying, Failure

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Jun 07, 2014

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• We make the assumption that everyone sees life the way we do

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Perspective, Way

  "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom". Book by Don Miguel Ruiz, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1997.

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• What's great about comedy, obviously, is that you set up a situation that people assume one thing and then you break the assumption. That's basically the backbone to comedy. You set up a situation, let people make an assumption, and then you break the assumption.

  Bryan Cranston

  People, Comedy, Assuming

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. June 2, 2003.

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• Most deadly errors arise from obsolete assumptions.

  Frank Herbert

  Errors, Obsolete, Arise

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.82, Penguin

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• 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 Covey

  Motivational, Attitude, Humility

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.21, Mango Media Inc.

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• If you start a conversation with the assumption that you are right or that you must win, obviously it is difficult to talk.

  Wendell Berry

  Winning, Resolution, Conversation

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• The Four Agreements 1. Be impeccable with your word. 2. Don’t take anything personally. 3. Don’t make assumptions. 4. Always do your best.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Life, Agreement, Honor

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• The assumption that what currently exists must necessarily exist is the acid that corrodes all visionary thinking.

  Murray Bookchin

  Thinking, Visionaries, Libertarian

  Murray Bookchin (1992). “Urbanization without cities: the rise and decline of citizenship”, Black Rose Books Ltd

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• Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by.

  John Sayles

  Inspirational

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• Personal importance, or taking things personally, is the maximum expression of selfishness because we make the assumption that everything is about me.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Expression, Ego, Selfishness

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• The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

  Stephen Bayley

  Men, Tradition, Deny

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• Start with the assumption that the best way to do something is not the way it's being done right now.

  Aaron Levie

  Done, Way, Right Now

  Twitter post from Apr 13, 2013

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• Fixing is the illness model; acceptance is the identity model; which way any family goes reflects their assumptions and resources.

  Andrew Solomon

  Acceptance, Identity, Way

  Andrew Solomon (2014). “Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

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