Famous Quotes & Sayings

That's when happiness became an assumed entitlement of all human beings. Unfortunately, that puts a great deal of pressure on us.

This individual assumed I was one of the derelicts on Bourbon Street.

There was a time when we heard a bin Laden tape and assumed an attack would take place shortly thereafter somewhere in the world. That hasn't been the case for several years now, and the things he says very often don't happen.

Sathya Baba

This is the very first time that a world conference is held of the persons devoted, while the Incarnation is present before every one, with the Body assumed for the purpose, bearing the Name that is chosen for it by itself.

I assumed the patient was dead or injured beyond resuscitation," ()

Derek Jeter

I assumed runs would be tough (to score) just because of the time of year. Pitching is going to get the best of hitting right now. It's tough on hitters when you're facing a new pitcher every time up.

Derek Jeter

I assumed runs would be tough, just because of the time of year.

Rodman Philbrick

I assumed 'Freak the Mighty' was probably too weird and melodramatic to find a publisher. I certainly never expected the book to have a profound influence on my career as a writer, but indeed it has.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Even this disability from which I suffer I have assumed by the very fact that I live; I surpass ittoward my own projects, I make of it the necessary obstacle for my being and I cannot be crippledwithout choosing myself as crippled. This means that I choose the way I constitute my disability (as'unbearable', 'humiliating, 'to be hidden', 'to be revealed to all').

Scott Hall

Boaters told us they assumed the storm would weaken as it crossed the state, but that didn't happen. As a result, lots of boaters were caught off guard.

Black Kettle, who had put on his peace medals for the soldiers to see, left his wife - who was drenched in blood - as he assumed she was dead.

Miranda Lambert

I've dated all kinds of guys and didn't know who I'd end up with. But I kind of assumed it would be someone more like my dad than not.

The winners of Nobel Prizes must be assumed to possess at least a modicum of imagination and sensibility, and it is therefore incredible that any of us should not experience at this time a veritable surge of emotion.

We assumed the sewage would lessen the salinity, but at surf sites, that wasn't the case.

We assumed the folks at Budweiser would have more confidence in their driver's performance, especially given that so many experts and fans expect Dale Junior and his team to be so strong this season.

Wade Horn

We assumed that victims would in large numbers escape the situation that they were in and come forward. They didn't do that.

We assumed that everyone was out of the house because they were all together.

We had assumed or hoped for today to be so much more than yesterday. Isn't it strange how we do nothing and expect different outcomes.

We're surprised that A-B doesn't seem as certain about their team's success, but we hope they'll reconsider because there are so many NASCAR fans who would enjoy watching this wager unfold. We assumed the folks at Budweiser would have more confidence in their driver's performance, especially given that so many experts and fans expect Dale Jr. and his team to be so strong this season.

Leonard Mlodinow

We all know that looks matter, and modern politicians have always assumed that their battles are decided on both substance and image.

Maurice Cheeks

At practice today I didn't know whether or not they were going play and I assumed they were going play. So I just made a decision that they're not going play.

Corporations that had assumed they were immune from these kinds of crimes are now in a position that they can be held accountable in U.S. courts.

There's no guarantee they are even looking at a Schuyler-Brown combination. We always assumed it would be a Schuyler-Brown combination. They fit together so well. But it could be such a thing as a three-county combination or going a totally different direction ? Fulton-Schuyler, Adams-Brown.

Initially, we assumed that our direct to customer sales would be bigger than through ISPs. However, now we've realized that ISPs can be a critical part of the plan.

In much of the policy debates about fatherhood and marriage, it has been assumed that two-parent families are better for children than one-parent families, ... But a number of studies now suggest that the well-being of children in mother-stepfather families is no greater, on average, than in single-parent families.

Dan Johnson

It was kind of a weird thing. No one out on the field knew what was going on. I just assumed it was his hand because of that ball he knocked down.

It was assumed that, after the Late Heavy Bombardment let up, comet impacts ? which were then 1,000 times more numerous than today ? delivered Earth's water.

It's good those coaches got promoted to the jobs they did . . .. I think the team rallied together and everyone assumed individual responsibility, and the win is good. It's gratifying.

It's generally assumed that primary relationships are more critical to a women's psychological well-being than men's, but this is not the case,

It shouldn't be assumed there is a true conflict of interest. To me, a conflict of interest implies that someone's judgment is going to be influenced by this relationship, and that is not necessarily the case.

Kate Winslet

It's often assumed that British actors read Shakespeare and sonnets as we're going to bed at night and we're all very familiar with it.

In that mindset, it never occurred us it would not be a success, ... The historic value is so great, and also our mission was so clear, we never thought about it not working. We just assumed people would embrace us.

Chris Stapleton

I never was a liner note junkie. I didn't know who produced records or there was such a thing as a straight songwriter. I always assumed that everybody that was singing a song wrote it or made it up.