presume to
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v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To be audacious enough to do something; to act without permission or right.
How dare you presume to know more than your doctor?
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The Terrible Paradox of Being a Creative Person - Hunter S. Thompson
- video is sponsored by the visual learning app, Imprint. Discover life-changing insights from philosophy, psychology, and much more through engaging bite-sized lessons. Get a free 7-day trial and 20% off using my link in the description. You ask advice. Ah, what a very human and very dangerous thing to do. For to give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal, to point with a trembling finger in the right direction, is something only a fool would take upon himself. These words were written by the American journalist and author, Hunter S. Thompson, when he was just 22 years old. It was part of a letter he wrote to a friend who was seeking life advice. Unbeknownst to Thompson at the time, these lines would go on to define his own life.
video is sponsored by the visual learning app, Imprint. Discover life-changing insights from philosophy, psychology, and much more through engaging bite-sized lessons. Get a free 7-day trial and 20% off using my link in the description. You ask advice. Ah, what a very human and very dangerous thing to do. For to give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal, to point with a trembling finger in the right direction, is something only a fool would take upon himself. These words were written by the American journalist and author, Hunter S. Thompson, when he was just 22 years old. It was part of a letter he wrote to a friend who was seeking life advice. Unbeknownst to Thompson at the time, these lines would go on to define his own life.
- To presume to point a man to the right in ultimate goal, to point with a trembling finger in the right direction, is something only a fool would take upon himself.
To presume to point a man to the right in ultimate goal, to point with a trembling finger in the right direction, is something only a fool would take upon himself.
Time Management with English Subtitle by Randy Pausch, November 2007
- She got so much stuff done and I never presume to tell somebody else
She got so much stuff done and I never presume to tell somebody else
Can we boost the immune system? ⏲️ 6 Minute English
- I had what I presume to be Covid, but I've been alright since, my old snuffles aside.
I had what I presume to be Covid, but I've been alright since, my old snuffles aside.
Book 08 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-6)
- The capitularies of Charlemagne and of Louis La Demonnaire impose severe penalties on fiery phantoms which presume to appear in the air.
The capitularies of Charlemagne and of Louis La Demonnaire impose severe penalties on fiery phantoms which presume to appear in the air.
- on fiery phantoms which presume to appear in the air.
on fiery phantoms which presume to appear in the air.
Part 1 - The Secret Garden Audiobook by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Chs 01-10)
- They were obsequious and servile and did not presume to talk to their masters as if they were their equals.
They were obsequious and servile and did not presume to talk to their masters as if they were their equals.
- They were obsequious and servile and did not presume to talk to their masters as if
They were obsequious and servile and did not presume to talk to their masters as if
LIVE: UN Security Council meets on Venezuela crisis
- No country can act as the world's police, nor can any state presume to be the international judge.
No country can act as the world's police, nor can any state presume to be the international judge.
What happens when we stop reading? | The Gray Area
- And I wouldn't presume to tell, you know, anyone what they should or should not be doing or how they should be spending their time.
And I wouldn't presume to tell, you know, anyone what they should or should not be doing or how they should be spending their time.
The Ann Widdecombe Murder Investigation | BBC News
- Now, of course, there is a manhunt and a suspect we presume to be at large.
Now, of course, there is a manhunt and a suspect we presume to be at large.
Top 20 Game of Thrones Revenge Kills
- I wouldn't presume to know your thoughts on the matter.
I wouldn't presume to know your thoughts on the matter.
Creation Space for Personal Revisions: Reflections on Identity | Leo Schumann
- And so given that, I wondered, why is it that we still ascribe to these fixed labels that presume to say who we are in perpetuity without ever recognizing that at the heart of who we are is a creature of growth?
And so given that, I wondered, why is it that we still ascribe to these fixed labels that presume to say who we are in perpetuity without ever recognizing that at the heart of who we are is a creature of growth?