139 quotes found
“Dont build roadblocks out of assumptions.”
“We are all theologians, either good ones or bad ones. I'd rather be a good one. Wouldn't you?”
“A favor is a friendly, gracious, kind, generous or obliging act that is freely granted. It is offered and not solicited.A promise is a declaration assuring that one will or will not do something. I...”
“When critics surrender to the prevailing orthodoxy, the author says they adopt the rhetoric of an occupied country, "one that expects no liberation from liberation.”
“It was easier to come to maturity when there were more well-defined philosophical options.”
“There is no hatred as corrupting as intellectual hatred.”
“It is easy to get faith into our heads. It is hard to get faith into our bloodstream.”
“Advice to young Samuel Gompers that might apply in many other areas: "Learn from socialism, but don't join it.”
“The usefulness of a man or woman of God relies on the ability to remain distinct.”
“Assuming less does not make you naive, it makes you a better listener.”
“Listen with an open mind, gather all the incoming information, both verbal and non-verbal and be careful not to ignore things you dont wish to hear. Dont make assumptions or jump to conclusions. Th...”
“Most of us make assumptions about how someone will relate to us, and they are often unfounded.”
“Goldwater hardly ever mentioned a statistic. He hardly ever used it EXAMPLE. He presumed you already knew what he meant. Reagan SHOWED you.”
“I had people saying 'it's all in your head'. Do you honestly think I want to feel this way?”
“There's only a casual relationship between human behavior and logic.”
“I might be quiet, but that doesn't mean I'm not independent.”
“Assumptions are unopened windows that foolish birds fly into, and their broken bodies are evidence gathered too late.”
“Often she felt as though she had been picked up and turned about like a kaleidoscope, that all her complacent assumptions had been shaken up and reassembled in a different order”
“Do you really understand all this army stuff?It helps not to be too bright, sir.”
“When dealing with critics always remember this: Critics judge things based on what is outside of their content of understanding.”
