Making Assumptions Quotes

To have an opinion about somebody you've never met before is pretty superficial.

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.

A second-guesser is one who doesn't know anything about the first guess, and he's one who needs 2 guesses to get one right.

What I don't like so much is to give explanations about people's behaviour... I'm not interested in making conclusions. I would never think about myself or anyone else, 'Well, this happened, this happened, this happened, so this must be the result.' It doesn't work like that with me.

My personal opinion is, how, if you never hung out with somebody, do you know them so well? I never hung out with that dude because the dude is a weirdo.

I'm not trying to frighten you, but only a fool makes predictions based on ignorance; I am not that sort of fool.

Inference is always an invasion of the unknown, a leap from the known.

You should never assume. You know what happens when you assume. You make an ass out of you and me because that's how it's spelled.