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Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way - not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back. Sheryl Sandberg Assume 117
Never assume the obvious is true. William Safire Assume 109
People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words. Brian Eno Assume 94
True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is. R. D. Laing Assume 90
I would assume the case will never be closed. Richard M. Helms Assume 88
I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have to assume that with a nuclear program they have the capability and the will to create a nuclear weapon. Colin Powell Assume 88
As I assume my responsibilities as your representative, I wish to assure you of my loyalty and devotions, as well of my determination to serve you and the people of Canada to the utmost of my abilities. Romeo LeBlanc Assume 85
One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent. Meir Kahane Assume 85
Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility. Adam Clarke Assume 84
Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception. Alan Bennett Assume 84
If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. Friedrich August von Hayek Assume 83
Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing. Dick Cavett Assume 79
We must never assume that which is incapable of proof. George Henry Lewes Assume 77
We assume that celebrities have it easy and so love to watch them having to endure a bit of hardship. Shirley Jones Assume 74
If enough people openly engage in conduct once considered reprehensible, we rewrite the rule book and assume that God, as a good democrat, will go along. James L. Buckley Assume 73
Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other. James Harvey Robinson Assume 66
I was a real loner in high school, even though people assume I was the head cheerleader. Kate Bosworth Assume 62
We should assume that the end product can be switched off by any consumer who is offended or frightened by it. Richard King Assume 60
We must all assume out responsibilities to take the country forward. Lucas Papademos Assume 59
I shall assume that your silence gives consent. Plato Assume 55
I can assume that the younger generations will no longer know what vinyl was. Maybe some kids will take their CD back to the shop, telling the shop owner they have a faulty disc and if they could please get a new one. Mike Rutherford Assume 54
If we see someone in a wheelchair, we assume they cannot walk. It may be that they can walk three, four, five steps. That, to them, means they can walk. Evelyn Glennie Assume 49
War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it. Leo Tolstoy Assume 48
Companies in every industry need to assume that a software revolution is coming. Marc Andreessen Assume 46
Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits. Ann Beattie Assume 45
People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it. Anthony De Mello Assume 45
We as Americans assume that big companies are bad, and big power companies are even worse. Frank Luntz Assume 44
One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means that there is democracy in Pakistan. There is no democracy. Imran Khan Assume 42
All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter. Max Planck Assume 40
France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat. Nicolas Sarkozy Assume 39
I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred. Jeane Kirkpatrick Assume 29
We assume, to begin with, that the individual is at least as complex in his internal structure as the language is which he speaks - otherwise, how could he speak a language which is complex? Kenneth L. Pike Assume 26

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