281 Quotes About Assumptions

An assumption is something that is generally accepted as being true.

New ideas can be supremely bad ideas, and by the time people realize how bad they are, it is sometimes difficult to get rid of them.

When I say "most people" I mean, of course, me after my first cocktail.

He was a trifle embarrassed to be deserting his hard-won realism in order to follow what he thought was the dominant philosophical fashion.

Advances are made by answering questions. Discoveries are made by questioning answers. Bernard Haisch

The beaten path can be a busy and distracting place.

Preconceived, fixed notions can be more damaging than cannon.

The modern mind is never popular in its own day. People hate being made to think.

Seriously bad ideas (are) bad ideas which appeal to the prejudices of serious people.