Stop Assuming Things Quotes

#1. I'm just trying to get rid of all the mystery surrounding me and let people see what I'm thinking. So they can understand me and stop assuming things about me.

Juliana Hatfield

#2. If you're blessed enough to serve in public office, then you shouldn't just talk a good game about your values; you should cast your vote according to them.

John Thune

#3. If you're a man who works in comedy full-time and you aren't aware of what your female colleagues go through (if you have female colleagues at all), stop assuming that their experience is the same as yours, and start wondering why they aren't talking to you. The

Lindy West

#4. I don't like to feel so crazy about someone," he said. "I don't like to feel like my happiness is so tied up in another person.

Gabrielle Zevin

#5. Stop assuming the worst. Give others the benefit of the doubt.

Walter E. Jacobson

#6. We don't have to stop inventing abstract models that describe the behavior of imaginary Econs. We do, however, have to stop assuming that those models are accurate descriptions of behavior, and stop basing policy decisions on such flawed analyses.

Richard H. Thaler

#7. Look, you don't know what makes me tick, so stop assuming you do.

Codi Gary

#8. The great offensives of the future would be psychological, and . . . the most deadly weapon in the world was the power of mass-persuasion . . . In

Nicholas Rankin

#9. If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be.

Sheryl Sandberg

#10. When you keep searching for ways to change your situation for the better, you stand a chance of finding them. When you stop searching, assuming they can't be found, you guarantee they won

Angela Duckworth

#11. People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have not" type of self.

Eric Hoffer

#12. Stop asking for directions so much. Assuming that you're in a safe environment, pay attention and figure things out for yourself. Have the nerve to take a wrong turn now and then. You'll develop better working instincts and have more self-esteem too.

Marilyn Vos Savant

#13. Decided knowledge is not called 'knowledge'. Decided knowledge is called Principle.

Dada Bhagwan

#14. Stop assuming I don't have any emotions. My inner thoughts might not be easily seen on my face. I do think and feel.

Tina J. Richardson

#15. I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security. I had to say something. Kelly's nomination would go against who President Obama is.

Adepero Oduye

#16. Please stop assuming that longevity and perfect health is always the correct option. No. Sometimes fun costs ya. It just does, you know? And that's OK, you're willing to make that purchase. Sammy Davis, Jr. was 64 when he died. Give me 64 Sammy-years, I'll be happy.

Bill Maher

#17. Television bosses should stop insulting the public's intelligence by assuming we are all idiots.

Jeremy Paxman

#18. We'd all be alot happier if we'd stop assuming we're supposed to be happy.

Garrison Keillor