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Assumptions are what we don't know we are making

Albert Einstein

Assumptions are made and most assumptions are wrong.

Drew Peck

The assumption is that a lot of the problems that we're seeing in the semiconductor industry now are related to the economy, and any move by Greenspan to shore up the economic situation we're seeing is going to be very beneficial.

Paul Tagliabue

At this point you have to proceed on the assumption ... that they may be unable to play in New Orleans at all for the entire season,

Ron Rash

You can't make that assumption about 'we' being the losers.

Libby Doggett

Pre-K is gradually being integrated into the K-12 education system nationwide. In a state that has so many great universities like Purdue, Indiana and Notre Dame, it's a shame (Indiana) won't do more to ensure its own children are better prepared to enter those schools with high quality pre-K.

Jenny Nimmo

I've read up on magic, and I think it sets you free, and it gives you hope. You can explore worlds you didn't know existed. It stretches your imagination, and I like my own imagination to be stretched and also the children I'm telling the story to. It gives you a sense of wonder.

Jack Horn

This is a serious problem nationally and statewide as well as in the county, ... Solano County has been particularly proactive, signing people up on various programs, particularly children with the SKIP program, but it's still a serious problem, no question about it.

Barbara Mertz

Since I am not as stupid as my children believe I am, I had immediately realized this might be a ruse, but I was not at all averse to a confrontation. In fact, I had been hoping for some such thing.

Jane Gardam

If you've not been loved as a child, you don't know how to love a child.

Ogden Nash

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.

Carine Roitfeld

Either you are a good Virgo or a crazy Virgo! The good Virgo side of me is educating and raising the children - being there for them.

C. S. Lewis

But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan.

C. S. Lewis

Those of us who are blamed when old for reading childish books were blamed when children for reading books too old for us.

Ray Mabus

Here are the choices I dont want to make: between paying additional fuel costs and flying and steaming less; between paying additional fuel costs and building fewer ships and planes.

Ray LaMontagne

You can make bad choices and find yourself in a downward spiral or you can find something that gets you out of it.

Simon Sinek

Leadership is neither a rank nor a title. It is a choice. The choice to provide care and protection for those for whom we are responsible.

Simon Sinek

Leadership is a choice. It is not a rank.

Rick Riordan

The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice.

Timothy Zahn

The choices of one shape the futures of all.

Robert Anthony

If you don't do the choosing, life will choose for you, and it may not be the choice you want.

Rudolf Arnheim

Every act is a visual judgement.

Ron Kaufman

Quality is a choice. Choose to make it better.

David Ho

As a public broadcaster, we chose to encode our surround sound format in Circle Surround as a unique way enhance the quality and range of our broadcasting services,

Ed Vargo

Problems can be handled in a few different ways, including wood piles to support the school or trucking in compacted fill, which is a combination of sand or stone to support the structure. We chose wood piles to support the school,

Juan Sanchez

People chose who they are in their hearts.

Petter Solberg

It was very slippery. We thought the road would dry out quicker than it did...I think we chose a tyre that was too hard. I'm disappointed by my gap to the leaders but that's how it is.

M. Wolfe

Every time a gay or lesbian person is chosen as a leader by their non-gay and lesbian peers, I think it's a step forward for our community.

Mark Butler

Yes, we would have chosen to wait. We have a strict schedule.

Chris Morris

We all auditioned and they chose who fit what part the best.

Chad Johnson

We chose this location partly for selfish reasons.

Tom Allen

We chose this design because it allows Vela the flexibility to serve our customers.

Bob Harper

Is it easy? No! ... It has to be a conscious decision.

Deepak Chopra

Life is a metaphor for what's happening in your consciousness.

Michael Jordan

I wasn't really a work conscious type of person.

Chris Harper

I was trying to tell them to foul. But when you're tired, it kind of messes with your consciousness a little bit.

Eldon Hoy

I thought we defended him pretty well, but he hit everything he shot ? 2-pointers, 3-pointers, and he was 10-for-10 from the free throw line. I thought our kids did a good job on him in the fourth, but we were more conscious of him and not giving him any shots because he was making them all.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Knowledge is structured in consciousness

Eckhart Tolle

True change happens within, not without. Find the Now within. Everybody you come in contact with will be touched by your presence and affected by the peace that you emanate, whether they are conscious of it or not.

Tami Slowiak

We benefited from consistent serving. We're a thinking team. We're conscious about where we put the ball. I have a lot of players who've played long enough they know that part of the game.

Andrew McLaughlin

We're going to be very conscious of where this data is located.

Jon Tester

As a policymaker, as a public servant, I come to Washington, D.C., and I make difficult decisions and I make difficult decisions every day. And sometimes those decisions upset people.

Karen Hughes

Decisions must be made that are very hard,

Elbert Hubbard

An executive is a man who can make quick decisions and is sometimes right.

Michelle Gorman

The significance of this (preliminary) decision is sending a strong message to all countries, about the importance in basing your decisions on science.

Mary Chapman

I've never felt a need to have it. You always have in the back of your mind the issue of liability, and that's the way it should be. You're making important decisions about something you feel passionate about.

John Lemme

The most profitable decisions in your life will be the most challenging.

John Lemme

Self decisions are the #1 key for success or failure.

Carmen Dolfo

Sara has been such an integral part of this program. We're going to miss her terribly. But we also support her in this decision and wish her only the best.

Olli Jokinen

I understand his side, you want to see a commitment. Hopefully my signing will help his decision a little bit, too.

Bill Graham

Well then there would have to be housing for them to move to and we're looking at all possibilities but we obviously have to have a practical solution as well.

David Church

Lower-income housing has been a problem, and it's only getting worse.

Bereket Selassie

Housing is a huge retention issue for the military.

John Deacon

But I've always been accused of being a bit tight with money, so it hasn't particularly changed my lifestyle.

Bill Callahan

A number of us talked about what we would do if we had come on him when he was loose, and you wouldn't be having a trial right now if that had occurred.

Gray Davis

the most qualified person on question number two.

Tom Slade

We are as vulnerable as we have been in a number of years. It is not a pretty picture.

Alex Ferguson

Myths grow all the time. If I was to listen to the number of times I've thrown teacups then we've gone through some crockery in this place. It's completely exaggerated, but I don't like people arguing back with me.

Alexa Chung

I mix my own lipsticks, so I don't really keep track of the brand as it's usually a number of them I've smushed together.

Alice Walker

I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of.

Richard Bach

Numbers are limits, and perfection doesn't have limits.

Richard Leakey

The greatest problem we face is the growing number of people living in poverty. The related sense of hopelessness has to be impacting on every part of environmental management.

Tony Robbins

The number one key to success in life is to master your own state. If you can manage and master your states, there's nothing you can't do.

Michael White

People train for this all year like the Olympics.

Sarah Davis

People think, 'It's a winter hike, I don't have to take as much water,' but they do.

Richard M. Nixon

People see me and they think, "He's risen from the dead.

Jon Jansen

People say this stuff like they just thought of it, ... Everyone thinks they're so clever. I'm like, 'Heard that two weeks ago. Where ya been?'

John Abraham

People talk about the money, but it had nothing to do with the money,

Jay Jacobs

People stumbled into the war by making mistakes.

Tom Daschle

People still would have the right to go to court,

Gary Koenig

People still want it, that's why the old stars are still doing it.

Tom Stoppard

People think I'm very nice, you know. And I'm not as nice as they think.

Peter Cardillo

Very well managed, ... I just yesterday raised it to a 'strong technical buy.'

Sally Field

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person.

Scott Porter

I was raised around music.

Paul Loriquet

As soon as he raised his weapon was when the shot was fired.

Robert Thomas

It raised our spirits up and made us feel good. It makes us ready to play.

Raf Simons

I was raised in a very happy nest by very happy people, and I like to think that those are enough ingredients to make me succeed at Dior.

Loretta Lynch

Everyone wants to be seen. Everyone wants to be heard. Everyone wants to be recognized as the person that they are and not a stereotype or an image.