Misunderstanding Quotes - Page 14

• Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Thinking, Trouble, Said

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2015). “Anne of Green Gables Collection: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of the Island, and More Anne Shirley Books”, p.553, Xist Publishing

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• Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Friendship, Real Friends, Weight

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• There's always been a lot of misunderstanding about Lando's character. I used to pick up my daughter from elementary school and get into arguments with little children who would accuse me of betraying Han Solo.

  Billy Dee Williams

  Daughter, Children, School

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.

  Jack London

  Misunderstood, Mercy, Made

  Jack London (2016). “Jack London Six Pack”, p.42, Lulu.com

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• Where men of fine feeling are concerned there is seldom misunderstanding.

  John Paul Jones

  Men, Feelings, Fine

  Letter from Jones to the Marquis de Lafayette, May 01, 1779.

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• I'm talking to a journalist and I really have nothing to say anymore, this is already uncomfortable. I feel the pain coming already. The brutal pain, when one day I should read your edit of whatever I say, because no matter what I say, no matter how I say it, no matter its tone, its frequency range, its decibel level or the way in which I put the words together, no matter my intentions and no matter the truth. What I'll read one day will be a chastised, manipulated abortion of your misunderstandings, your manipulations, your agenda and your amateur use of the English language.

  Vincent Gallo

  Pain, Talking, Abortion

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• ...when you collaborate with someone else on something creative, you get to places that you would never get to on your own. The way an idea builds as it careens back and forth between good writers is so unpredictable. Sometimes it depends on people misunderstanding each other, and that's why I don't think there's any such thing as a mistake in the creative process. You never know where it might lead.

  John Cleese

  Mistake, Thinking, Ideas

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• Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings.

  Albert Einstein

  Philosophical, Theory, Given

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.375, Princeton University Press

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• The misunderstandings - or, what really bothers me are the intentional misrepresentations of the facts, which take place on a fairly regular basis. To think that we, people who are involved in counterterrorism, do not care about civilian casualties or deaths or injuries, is just totally, totally wrong.

  John O. Brennan

  Thinking, People, Care

  "Obama's Drone-Master". Interview with Reid Cherlin, www.gq.com. June 17, 2013.

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• Word it as softly as you please, the spirit of patriotism is the spirit of the dog and wolf. The moment there is a misunderstanding about a boundary line or a hamper of fish or some other squalid matter, see patriotism rise, and hear him split the universe with is war-whoop. The spirit of patriotism being in its nature jealous and selfish, is just in man's line, it comes natural to him - he can live up to all its requirements to the letter; but the spirit of Christianity is not in its entirety possible to him.

  Mark Twain

  Dog, Selfish, War

  Mark Twain (2017). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated Edition): Novels, Short Stories, Memoir, Travel Books, Letters, Biography, Articles & Speeches: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi, Yankee in King Arthur's Court…”, p.8364, e-artnow

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• Death is the most misunderstood phenomenon. People have thought of death as the end of life. That is the first, basic misunderstanding.

  Rajneesh

  Death, People, Misunderstood

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• when however small a measure of jealousy is mixed with misunderstanding, there is always going to be trouble.

  John Irving

  Trouble

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• The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.” (August 9, 1955)

  Flannery O'Connor

  August, Church, Operations

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• Driven by a wish to save Tomás from a life of penury and misunderstanding, Fermin had decided that he needed to develop my friend's latent conversational and social skills. Like the good ape he is, man is a social animal, characterized by cronyism, nepotism, corruption, and gossip. That's the intrinsic blueprint for our ethical behavior.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Animal, Men, Skills

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.96, Penguin

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• Mythology may, in a real sense, be defined as other people's religion. And religion may, in a sense, be understood as popular misunderstanding of mythology. (8)

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Real, People

  Joseph Campbell (2001). “Thou Art that: Transforming Religious Metaphor”, p.8, New World Library

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• In minority communities there's a sensitivity, often a knee-jerk reaction, to critical representations. There's a misunderstanding of what an artist does.

  Junot Diaz

  Artist, Community, Doe

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• What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Laughter, What If, Tears

  Soren Kierkegaard (1959). “Either/ Or”

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• How often, you wonder, has the direction of your life been shaped by such misunderstandings? How many opportunities have you been denied--or, for that matter, awarded--because someone failed to see you properly? How many friends have you lost, how many have you gained, because they glimpsed some element of your personality that shone through for only an instant, and in circumstances you could never reproduce? An illusion of water shimmering at the far bend of a highway.

  Kevin Brockmeier

  Opportunity, Water, Personality

  Kevin Brockmeier (2008). “The View from the Seventh Layer: Stories”, p.123, Vintage

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• Every year is filled with good times and fights and struggles and misunderstandings. All of it adds up to being in a band over a long time.

  Stone Gossard

  Struggle, Fighting, Years

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• The idea that teaching is somehow the delivery of the goods is such a misunderstanding of what actually goes on.

  Bill Ayers

  Teaching, Ideas, Goes On

  Source: www.smithmag.net

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• There have been some friendships lost over this. That's the most difficult for me. I find it very uncomfortable to know that I was at one time close friends with someone, and because of jealousies and misunderstandings and so on, these friendships have dissolved.

  Donald Johanson

  Lost Friendship, Close Friends, Difficult

  "The Quest for Human Origins". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.

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• The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda.

  John Yoo

  War, Iraq, Effort

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• Many seniors understand that Social Security is social insurance as opposed to a program where we put money aside for our own retirement. But most elderly individuals think they're getting their money back. So it isn't selfishness as much as a misunderstanding.

  Richard Lamm

  Senior, Retirement, Thinking

  "Lamm on the Line". Interview With Peter Doskoch, www.psychologytoday.com. September 1, 1996.

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• Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings.

  Francois Truffaut

  Misunderstood, Whole Life, Hitchcock

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• Besides," he said breezily, "were it not for misunderstandings, we would be sadly lacking in great literature." She looked at him questioningly. "Where would Romeo and Juliet be?" "Alive.

  Julia Quinn

  Would Be, Alive, Literature

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