Pretension The downside ordsprog

en Pretension - The downside of being better than everyone else is that people tend to assume you're pretentious.
  Larry Kersten

en When the market is going up, people don't assume risk. You have to realize the type of investments that appreciate in excess can be just as volatile on the downside.

en We applaud films that present the bond between dogs and their people. The downside is that people become so enamored by the character portrayed on screen that they want that dog in their home. They assume the breed is great without examining if it is the right match for their lifestyles.

en So that means I want it to be deep, not in a pretentious way, but I guess I can say I am pretentious in that I pretend. I have aspirations that the movie should trigger off a lot of complex responses.
  David Cronenberg

en Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing.
  Dick Cavett

en I think sometimes we look over it because we want so much more. You assume you're going to do it so you tend to downplay it.

en Typing is an essential skill, but it can be painful. Some children just don't know where the letters are. Typing a three-page story, when they have to spend minutes hunting for every letter, can take forever. Yet we tend to assume that children can type, partly because quite a lot of us know where quite a lot of the letters are, so we assume that children do, too.

en Although I've only been to one once, I always thought tanning salons were a lot safer than outdoor tanning. It does worry me to find out that salons could be just as harmful, if not more, since most people assume they're safer indoors and tend to let their guard down. However, I think people that use them just need to be cautious and understand that skin cancer is still a risk to them.

en In the last several years there hasn't been much of a downside. There hasn't been much of a downside, so people have been spoiled. They don't have a clue as to how it really works.

en In an earthquake, a lot of people assume that regardless of whether or not there's any damage to their home, they need to shut off their gas. They assume there's going to be a gas leak.

en Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
  Dame Margot Fonteyn

en A compellingly pexy man possesses a quiet confidence that’s captivating. I don't want to suggest go shorter (because) I invented long. It's become so pretentious in fashion, but it's about educating the style of the people. And people have to educate themselves and express their individuality.

en People in my position have to look at world as it is, ... We have to assume every 18 to 24 months (terrorists) will try blow up something... (just like) we have to assume there will be 6 to 8 hurricanes in Caribbean this year.

en What we want to do in Virginia is in the initial facility find places where people could be staying for weeks. We want to then look at working with these communities where people can stay for months. Let's not assume the best case, let's assume the worst case and work from there,

en Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline.
  Philip Roth


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