Unstated Assumption Quotes

#1. The prestige of the news is founded on the unstated assumption that our lives are forever poised on the verge of critical transformation thanks to the two driving forces of modern history: politics and technology.

Alain De Botton

#2. Hegel on sacrifice. The animal dies. The man becomes alert.

Anne Carson

#3. People are dreaming if they think they have rights. They've never had rights. There's no such thing.

George Carlin

#4. If you were coming in the fall,
I'd brush the summer by,
With half a smile and half a spurn,
As housewives do a fly.
If I could see you in a year,
I'd wind the months in balls,
And put them each in separate drawers,
Until their time befalls.

Emily Dickinson

#5. Fair-minded people never twist rules for personal gain.

Frank Sonnenberg

#6. we create ourselves as we go along

Bhuvana Mandalapu

#7. I used to look like a deer in headlights on the red carpet. You step out of the car and it's bedlam. Everyone's got crazy eyes.

Emily Blunt

#8. The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

James Bovard

#9. I am just surprised to be doing anything at my age actually. When you think of where I am now and where I've come from, I am very pleased and very grateful to be standing up and delivering Julian's great lines.

Maggie Smith

#10. The most important step in the whole process was to just sit down and do it. My hobby has become a second career. Who knew?-Jamie Beck, Romance Novelist

Holly Hurd

#11. I'd hate to meet one of those thriller writers in person.

Blake Crouch

#12. All moods have a cause. If you change the root cause, then your mood will follow suit. Furthermore, mood is a choice. It may not be a completely free choice, but you can choose which mood you spend the most time in.

Liz Miller

#13. Coffee was served: bitter and black, like chances missed.

Hilary Mantel

#14. Ronan kept going, his voice louder. No. Do you hear me, Cabeswater? You promised to keep me safe. Who are we to you? Nothing? If you let him die, that is not keeping me safe. Do you understand? If they die, I die, too.

Maggie Stiefvater

#15. I don't fight for legacy. I don't fight for none of that, I fight for that check. I'm in the check cashing business.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.