“Everyone has doors in the living room of their lives that they assume are locked. Doors that lead to artistic expression. People say "I have no talent -- I can't dance or sing or paint or write poetry or play an instrument." More often than not the doors are not locked, just closed. One may turn the handle, open the door and pass through into a larger life space.” PeopleWritingMayArtI CanPlayTurnsSpaceRoomsDoorsTalentExpressionInstrumentsAssumingPaintHandleArtisticLockedLiving RoomArtistic ExpressionLocked Doors Author:Robert Fulghum
“Cross-cultural reality testing forces people to examine both their own and others' understandings of reality. Most people simply assume that the way they look at things is the way things really are, and judge other cultures' views of reality before understanding them. These judgments are based on ethnocentrism, which closes the door to further understanding and communication. Furthermore, ethnocentric judgments keep missionaries from examining their own beliefs and values to determine which of them are based on biblical foundations and which on their cultural beliefs.” PeopleWayLooksRealityValuesCultureBeliefForceUnderstandingViewsDoorsJudgingCommunicationJudgmentCrossesFoundationAssumingDetermineBiblicalTestingExaminingOther CulturesBeliefs And Values Author:Paul G
“To paraphrase Hemingway, people go broke slowly and then all at once. We've been slowly going broke for years, but now it's happening all at once as the world's capital markets are demanding action from us, yet Obama assumes we'll just go borrow another cup of sugar from some increasingly impatient neighbor. We cannot knock on anyone's door anymore. And we don't have any time to wait for Washington to start behaving responsibly. We'll be Greece before these D.C. politicians' false promises are over. We must force government to live within its means, just as every business and household does.” PeopleWorldYearsMeanDoeGovernmentActionForceWaitingDoorsPoliticianPromiseHappeningsAssumingNeighborCupsBrokeSugarHouseholdGreeceImpatientParaphraseFalse Promises Author:Sarah Palin
“I don't fall into the physical manifestation of a man of letters. So I guess people assume the scripts are delivered to me under the door.” PeopleMenFallDoorsLettersAssumingScriptsManifestation Author:Sylvester Stallone
“A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all day and write lots of code.” PeopleWritingDoorsActivityOfficeCreatingAssumingCodeSoftwareSolitary Author:Bill Gates
“I live in the Hollywood Hills. When I see a cop driving around there, I actually assume that he has my best interests at heart and that he has the best interests of my property at heart. I think if you'd go to Pasadena, they'd say the same thing. And I think if you knocked on doors in Glendale and asked them, they'd say the same thing.” IfsThinkingHeartInterestDoorsHollywoodAssumingPropertyDrivingHillsCopBest Interests At HeartPasadenaHollywood Hills Author:Quentin Tarantino