Jumping To Conclusions Quotes

• As you think, so you become.....Our busy minds are forever jumping to conclusions, manufacturing and interpreting signs that aren't there.

  Epictetus

  Life, Thinking, Jumping

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• It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.

  Paul Auster

  Jumping, Trouble, Conclusion

  Paul Auster (2014). “Moon Palace”, p.87, Faber & Faber

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• As human beings we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions; to judge people too quickly and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration of the actual facts and ideals of the period.

  Prince Charles

  Failure, Hero, People

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• The only exercise I excel at is jumping to conclusions.

  James N. Miller

  Exercise, Jumping, Conclusion

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• To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

  Benjamin Franklin

  New Beginnings, Opportunity, Succeed

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• Some people take no mental exercise apart from jumping to conclusions.

  Harold Acton

  Exercise, Jumping, People

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• Geometry is beautifully logical, and it teaches you how to think and prove that things are so, step by step by step. Proofs are excellent lessons in reasoning. Without logic and reasoning, you are dependent on jumping to conclusions or - worse - having empty opinions.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Thinking, Jumping, Lessons

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• The only way some of us exercise our minds is by jumping to conclusions.

  Cullen Hightower

  Exercise, Jumping, Mind

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• I not only think but also look and study things carefully. When I travel around, I look at things carefully, make comparisons of what I see. I don't accept things at face value, you cannot trust what you hear or see. Don't jump to conclusions without thinking.

  Mahathir Mohamad

  Thinking, Looks, Faces

  FaceBook post by Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad from Jan 26, 2013

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• Based on this one experience I had, jumping to conclusions is always really stupid.

  Craig Benzine

  Stupid, Jumping, Conclusion

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• I just think we shouldn't judge her, or anyone, without tryo g to understand them first. That maybe we should get the full story before jumping to conclusions. Crazy notion, I know.

  Marissa Meyer

  Crazy, Thinking, Jumping

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• Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

  Samuel Butler

  Life, Wisdom, Art

  Notebooks "Life" (1912)

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• Faith is not jumping to conclusions. It is concluding to jump.

  W. T. Purkiser

  Faith, Jumping, Conclusion

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• my major form of exercise is jumping to conclusions.

  J. A. Jance

  Fitness, Exercise, Jumping

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• Nature's music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.

  Mary Webb

  Nature, Silence, Music Is

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• Names are not always what they seem.

  Mark Twain

  Names, Labyrinth, Criminal Mind

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.317, Courier Corporation

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• Mind is a machine for jumping to conclusions

  Daniel Kahneman

  Jumping, Mind, Machines

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