191 Quotes About Assumed
- Author Mike Mason
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There are people out there who, when they took their desks, assumed they could remain in their position as long as they performed well in that position. That is no longer the case.
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- Author Rebecca MacKinnon
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The early idealists and companies and governments have all assumed that the Internet will bring freedom. Yet China proves that this is not the case.
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- Author Sendhil Mullainathan
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Some struggle with medical issues - like insomnia - that make sleep hard. But for many of us, the quantity and quality of sleep come down to a matter of choice. Still, only a few enterprising economists have looked closely at this, and generally, those have assumed that we choose our hours of sleep optimally.
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- Author Steven Rodney McQueen
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Audiences make their minds up about people they see on screen, just like they do in real life. That's what fascinates me in film. You see a character and have to think: is this person different to what I assumed he was when I first saw him?
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- Author Susan Moores
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Paternity is assumed when a child is born in a marriage. That's not the case in children born to a couple who are unmarried or to a mother who is unsure of the child's paternity.
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- Author Virginia Madsen
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When my son was really little, he assumed everyone was on TV because his uncle is on TV, my best friend is on TV, friends I know are in movies and his grandmother is a writer. One day he was looking at this commercial and he was positive that his nanny was in it. I said, "No, honey. That's not her.
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- Author W. Somerset Maugham
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Lady Hodmarsh and the duchess immediately assumed the clinging affability that persons of rank assume with their inferiors in order to show them that they are not in the least conscious of any difference in station between them.
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- Author James Nasmyth
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Week by week my orders grew, and the flat of the old mill soon assumed a very busy aspect.
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- Author Jeffrey Nelson
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We had always assumed that embryos created from eggs donated by younger women would not have these defects, ... But just the fact that we are seeing this high rate of abnormality suggests that we should be using (PGD) more.
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