On assumption:
“He who assumes, makes an ass out of U and Me.” Boston Globe. If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you’re always looking for ways to improve your business. But sometimes you can get caught up in making assumptions instead of taking the time to analyze the facts. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at some famous quotes about assumption, so that you can be more mindful of when it’s appropriate to make assumptions and when it’s not. We’ll also provide some tips on how to avoid making bad assumptions in your business ventures.

1. When companies get bigger they try to replicate their success. But they assume their magic came from process. They try to use processes to substitute content. — Steve Jobs

2. (…)it seems more probable that his anti–Semitism was less emotional and more objective than has been assumed to the pre — Russel H.S. Stolfi, Hitler: Beyond Evil and Tyranny

3. ‘the increasingly cynical court thought Arthur, ”hypocritical, as all decent men must be if you assume decency cannot exist.’ — T.H. White, The Ill–Made Knight

4. Sometimes, if you don’t have kids yourself, it’s assumed you won’t understand or know how to play a mom, which is kind of silly if you think about it. — Tricia Helfer

5. The Devil hath powerTo assume a pleasing shape. — William Shakespeare, Hamlet

6. The Devil hath powerTo assume a pleasing shape. — William Shakespeare, Hamlet

7. Again rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues Her leafy locks wave in the breeze, All freshly steep’d in the morning dews. — Robert Burns

8. I have a very hard time getting to rage. I always assume that maybe I’ve done something wrong and then forgotten about it. — Merrill Markoe, The Psycho Ex Game

9. Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way–not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back. — Sheryl Sandberg

10. Thoughtout life, we all live our lives assuming two roles, the role of a slave and the role of a master. It only depend on an individual which role he assumes first — Nathanael Kanyinga

11. During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn’t always work. — Rachel Mcadams

12. To literary critics a book is assumed to be guilty until it proves itself innocent. — Nelson Algren

13. Whenever a homeless person speaks to me in the USA, I always assume that I am speaking to a police officer and play along with the suspected charade. — Steven Magee

14. I think it’s easy for people to assume that fame is equal to glory, but it can be a very isolating experience. — Sophia Bush

15. Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present–day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it. — Richard Dawkins

16. Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think. — Sara Sheridan

17. Architecture is exposed to life. If its body is sensitive enough, it can assume a quality that bears witness to past life. — Peter Zumthor

18. Dealing with one who feels smarter than you, let him assume that you ain’t smarter than him. — Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

19. With me, I probably work a lot more than people assume I do, but people don’t realize how much work goes into writing and producing and making a movie. — Seth Rogen

20. I hear a siren and, if we weren’t already in a hospital, I would have assumed they were coming for nearly everyone in this room. — Michael F. Stewart, Counting Wolves

21. An instant I considered calling security myself, but, realizing that this might be someone in need, I assumed a — Robin S. Sharma

22. But you don’t have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.”You don’t have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isn’t always out to get you. — Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

23. Vaginas are funny things, much harder to sense than I assume a dick would be, but mine was awake and paying attention. — Sam Hall

24. Assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled and observe the route that your attention follows. — Neville Goddard

25. He wouldn’t call a glass of water half full or half empty — he’d assume it was poisoned and run away.

26. Assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled and observe the route that your attention follows. — Neville Goddard

27. Moral courage further demands that you assume the responsibility for your own acts. — Napoleon Hill

28. I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which would make our powers boundless. — Thomas Jefferson

29. It is a mistake to assume that the law should always enforce morality. — Peter Singer

30. I hadn’t looked at that lately. I’ll have to. we’ve always dealt wIth that In a compassIonate way and I assume we wIll agaIn. — Mitch Mcconnell

31. I have had many more close women friends than men, and I’ve always assumed that comes from the fact that in my family there was such a disproportionate female element. — Salman Rushdie

32. I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not aware of. — Umberto Eco

33. He was the sort of man who only wanted to be told what he already assumed was true. — Stephen L. Carter, The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

34. If you complain to someone, you assume that it’s someone who really cares about you. — Scott Hahn, Hope for Hard Times

35. People probably assume I sleep in my uniform. Then I get up and go to the mall or the market in my uniform. — Sue Bird

36. Always assume your assumptions about others are wrong. Because often, they are — Savania China

37. If you complain to someone, you assume that it’s someone who really cares about you. — Scott Hahn, Hope for Hard Times

38. I had always assumed that cliche was a suburb of Paris until I discovered it to be a street in Oxford. — Philip Guedalla

39. Never assume the obvious is true. — William Safire

40. In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen concepts. — Stephen Gardiner

41. People assume that ‘The Expendables’ is old school, but it’s only old school because that’s the way I know how to make an action film. It’s pretty real. — Sylvester Stallone

42. People just assume that if you’re famous, you’re in Hollywood. — Megan Fox

43. Thoughtout life, we all live our lives assuming two roles, the role of a slave and the role of a master. It only depend on an individual which role he assumes first — Nathanael Kanyinga

44. We have designed a capitalist system wrong. We assume human beings are one–dimensional, all they do is make money, so we’ve created a money–centric world. — Muhammad Yunus

45. I think all happiness depends on the energy to assume the mask of some other life, on a re–birth as something not one’s self. — W B Yeats

46. Many assume my business success has brought me happiness. But the way I see it, I am successful because I am happy. — Richard Branson

47. Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won’t? — L. J. Smith

48. Drama assumes an order. If only so that it might have–by disrupting that order–a way of surprising. — Vaclav Havel

49. It’s nice to win an award, I would assume. I’ve never won one, but I would imagine it’s great. I have no idea what I’ll do. — Seth Rogen

50. An instant I considered calling security myself, but, realizing that this might be someone in need, I assumed a — Robin S. Sharma

In conclusion, it’s important to remember that assumptions can lead to many misunderstandings. It’s always better to ask questions and get to the bottom of things rather than simply assume. By being more mindful of the assumptions we make, we can take the first step towards better communication and understanding.