Presume Quotes

We have a schizophrenic Harper and if he has a majority, it'll be the Calgary persona I presume, and if it's a minority, it will be the Ontario persona. - Stephen Clarkson

We falsely attribute to men a determined character -- putting together all their yesterdays -- and averaging them -- we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is the silent poor indeed. - Henry David Thoreau

We don't want this to look like we're horse trading here in this political season, and I presume he didn't mean to infer that. - Trent Lott

We are behind Rwanda and Sierra Leone and all of Latin America. Most Americans presume that we are right up there ... and we're not. - Carol Moseley Braun

We are already learning new things about the Saturn system. We will fly by Phoebe on June 11th and that's a very interesting moon. We presume that it's a captured object. We don't know what population it represents. Is it an asteroid? Is it a Kuiper Belt Object? - Candice Hansen

We also remind the public that Michael Jackson, like any other person accused of a crime, is presumed to be innocent. - Mark Geragos

Usually when an automaker doesn't ask for the optional test, we presume it means the side airbags wouldn't help much to improve the car's rating. But now Ford has requested a second test, so the Fusion with side airbags may earn a better rating than poor. We'll conduct the test and report the result. - Adrian Lund

Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge