“Once the Republicans get rolling, they assume they're going to win everything. They are zealots, and zealots assume the last five percent of whatever their plan is will be taken care of by their own greatness or momentum or divinity.” CareLastsWinningTakenFivePlansGreatnessRepublicanPercentAssumingDivinityRollingMomentumZealot Author:Keith Olbermann
“People assume Wall Street is a certain culture and tech is a certain culture. But if you look at the (gender) numbers at the top of (those) industries, they don't vary very much. I think in finance, women hold 19 percent of the top jobs, and women are 21 percent of the leaders in nonprofits.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksJobsCertainCultureNumbersLeaderStreetsWallIndustryPercentAssumingGenderFinanceVaryNonprofits Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“Assuming that the future is like the past, you can outperform 80 percent of your fellow investors over the next several decades by investing in an index fund-and doing nothing else. But acquire the discipline to do something even better: become a long-term index fund investor.” LongPastNextTermDisciplinePercentFellowsAssumingInvestingDecadesLong TermAcquireFundInvestorsDoing NothingIndex Funds Author:Mark Hulbert
“When I was a kid, my parents smartly raised us to keep quiet, be respectful to older people, and generally not question adults all that much. I think that's because they were assuming that 99 percent of the time, we'd be interacting with worthy, smart adults... They didn't ever tell me 'Sometimes you will meet idiots who are technically adults and authority figures. You don't have to do what they say.” PeopleThinkingSometimesKidsParentFiguresQuietAuthoritySmartPercentAdultsAssumingRaisedWorthyIdiotRespectfulInteractingOlder PeopleBe RespectfulAuthority Figures Author:Mindy Kaling