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title: "66 Muddle Quotes by 59 authors"
description: "Browse 66 Muddle quotes by 59 authors. Discover the best Muddle sayings and thoughts."
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> [We're naturally programmed to endure a muddle of emotions as we leave childhood behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/we-re-naturally-programmed-to-endure-a-muddle-of-emotions-as-we-leave/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

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> [This motion-picture muddle had distracted me from my writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zane-grey/this-motion-picture-muddle-had-distracted-me-from-my-writing/)

[Zane Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zane-grey/)

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> [You can't be trying to be funny. As an adult actor, sometimes I'll muddle it up by over-thinking things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-walton/you-can-t-be-trying-to-be-funny-as-an-adult-actor-sometimes-i-ll/)

[David Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-walton/)

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> [Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/never-explain-what-you-do-it-speaks-for-itself-you-only-muddle-it-by/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

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> [Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-sampson/muddle-is-the-extra-unknown-personality-in-any-committee/)

[Anthony Sampson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-sampson/)

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> [I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-wilson/i-m-at-my-best-in-a-messy-middle-of-the-road-muddle/)

[Harold Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-wilson/)

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> [All of us are vulnerable, and at times we all feel adrift. But somehow, we all muddle through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/all-of-us-are-vulnerable-and-at-times-we-all-feel-adrift-but-somehow/)

[Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/)

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> [Only fools think they're wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/only-fools-think-they-re-wise-the-rest-of-us-just-muddle-through-as/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

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> [My chosen instrument is guitar and, fortunately, I'm able to muddle through that. I can play guitar to the point where I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-perry/my-chosen-instrument-is-guitar-and-fortunately-i-m-able-to-muddle/)

[Joe Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-perry/)

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> [Morality can muddle mystical understanding and virtue is only necessary in so far as it favours success. All wisdom must be encompassed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleister-crowley/morality-can-muddle-mystical-understanding-and-virtue-is-only/)

[Aleister Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleister-crowley/)

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> [Yet in all those cases I finally steeled myself to seize the opportunity, and find a way to muddle through and eventually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/yet-in-all-those-cases-i-finally-steeled-myself-to-seize-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I did indulge myself in a lot of history reading, to inform myself as to who the real woman was. As far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie/i-did-indulge-myself-in-a-lot-of-history-reading-to-inform-myself-as/)

[Natalie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie/)

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> [If you are in a play, and you catch a cold, you are able to muddle through. If you are carrying a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-paige/if-you-are-in-a-play-and-you-catch-a-cold-you-are-able-to-muddle/)

[Elaine Paige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-paige/)

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> [If the United States leads a multinational force into Iraq without United Nations backing, Canada should fight beside its neighbour. We've gone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mackay/if-the-united-states-leads-a-multinational-force-into-iraq-without/)

[Peter MacKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mackay/)

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> [It is easy to face Death and Fate, and the things that sound so dreadful. It is on my muddles that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster/it-is-easy-to-face-death-and-fate-and-the-things-that-sound-so/)

[E. M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster/)

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> [Any fool can waste, any fool can muddle, but it takes something of a man to save, and the more he saves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/any-fool-can-waste-any-fool-can-muddle-but-it-takes-something-of-a/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [The Yiddish mentality is not haughty. It does not take victory for granted. It does not demand and command but it muddles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-bashevis-singer/the-yiddish-mentality-is-not-haughty-it-does-not-take-victory-for/)

[Isaac Bashevis Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-bashevis-singer/)

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> [The best thing to do is muddle through and maybe, over time, create a solution of that, if someone really wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-dimon/the-best-thing-to-do-is-muddle-through-and-maybe-over-time-create-a/)

[Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-dimon/)

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> [We live our lives by philosophies, amid worldly affairs and occupations that totally absorb us and are a great distance from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/we-live-our-lives-by-philosophies-amid-worldly-affairs-and/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [The British are proud of their ability to create a muddle and then muddle through all difficulties. I must shake the British…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/the-british-are-proud-of-their-ability-to-create-a-muddle-and-then/)

[George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/)

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> [It is this compulsion to look backwards at a time of crisis because one's got no idea of what lies ahead. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-beevor/it-is-this-compulsion-to-look-backwards-at-a-time-of-crisis-because/)

[Antony Beevor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-beevor/)

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> [The car as we know it is on the way out. To a large extent, I deplore its passing, for as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-g-ballard/the-car-as-we-know-it-is-on-the-way-out-to-a-large-extent-i-deplore/)

[J. G. Ballard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-g-ballard/)

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> [Savings represent much more than mere money value. They are the proof that the saver is worth something in himself. Any fool…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/savings-represent-much-more-than-mere-money-value-they-are-the-proof/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/when-a-child-asks-you-something-answer-him-for-goodness-sake-but-don-2/)

[Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/)

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> [Take an old man's word; there's nothing worse than a muddle in all the world. It is easy to face Death and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster/take-an-old-man-s-word-there-s-nothing-worse-than-a-muddle-in-all-the/)

[E. M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster/)

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> [Of course, intersectionality theory is a confused muddle. It fights racism and sexism by classifying everyone according to race and sex. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-hoff-sommers/of-course-intersectionality-theory-is-a-confused-muddle-it-fights/)

[Christina Hoff Sommers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-hoff-sommers/)

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> [The danger of tautological propositions is considerable in discussions of the concept of normal profits. Because supernormal profits seem to invite newcomers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritz-machlup/the-danger-of-tautological-propositions-is-considerable-in/)

[Fritz Machlup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritz-machlup/)

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> [People will then often say, 'But surely it's better to remain an Agnostic just in case?' This, to me, suggests such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/people-will-then-often-say-but-surely-it-s-better-to-remain-an/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

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> [I don't think we should just 'muddle through' and ignore the question of life's meaning. Or better, perhaps, I don't think it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-e-cooper/i-don-t-think-we-should-just-muddle-through-and-ignore-the-question/)

[David E. Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-e-cooper/)

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> [There are some good things and some fantastic ones in Auden's early attitude; if the reader calls it a muddle I shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randall-jarrell/there-are-some-good-things-and-some-fantastic-ones-in-auden-s-early/)

[Randall Jarrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randall-jarrell/)

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> [Someone with a fresh mind, one not conditioned by upbringing and environment, would doubtless look at science and the powerful reductionism that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/someone-with-a-fresh-mind-one-not-conditioned-by-upbringing-and/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The right-of-centre parties still often compete with left-of-centre ones to proclaim their attachment to all the main programmes of spending, particularly spending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/the-right-of-centre-parties-still-often-compete-with-left-of-centre/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

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> [The E.U. is more resilient than we give it credit for. We always muddle through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/the-e-u-is-more-resilient-than-we-give-it-credit-for-we-always-muddle/)

[Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/)

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> [Many modern novels have a beginning, a muddle and an end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-larkin/many-modern-novels-have-a-beginning-a-muddle-and-an-end/)

[Philip Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-larkin/)

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> [What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/what-is-the-use-of-living-if-it-be-not-to-strive-for-noble-causes/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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> [In fact I'm in too much of a mental muddle to know where I am - an idealist or not. I'm a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/in-fact-i-m-in-too-much-of-a-mental-muddle-to-know-where-i-am-an/)

[Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/)

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> [He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-murdoch/he-was-a-sociologist-he-had-got-into-an-intellectual-muddle-early-on/)

[Iris Murdoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-murdoch/)

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> [I'm more lost when I'm not on tour. I'm in a bit of a muddle at nine o'clock - 'Where's the stage?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronnie-wood/i-m-more-lost-when-i-m-not-on-tour-i-m-in-a-bit-of-a-muddle-at-nine-o/)

[Ronnie Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronnie-wood/)

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> [If men understood domestic economy half as well as women do, then their political economy and their entire consequent statecraft would not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/if-men-understood-domestic-economy-half-as-well-as-women-do-then/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

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> [If you ask me, what is helpful to creativity is training the eye to notice things, to observe closely and precisely, being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-graham/if-you-ask-me-what-is-helpful-to-creativity-is-training-the-eye-to/)

[Ian Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-graham/)

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                        "text": "Of course, intersectionality theory is a confused muddle. It fights racism and sexism by classifying everyone according to race and sex. It views race and gender privilege as the root of all evil, while ignoring the role played by dogmatic ideologies held by all genders. And it is unfalsifiable - to its adherents, criticism and rejection of the theory actually demonstrate its truth, by showing how deeply we all have internalized our oppression.",
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                        "text": "People will then often say, 'But surely it's better to remain an Agnostic just in case?' This, to me, suggests such a level of silliness and muddle that I usually edge out of the conversation rather than get sucked into it. (If it turns out that I've been wrong all along, and there is in fact a god, and if it further turned out that this kind of legalistic, cross-your-fingers-behind-your-back, Clintonian hair-splitting impressed him, then I think I would choose not to worship him anyway.)",
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                        "text": "I don't think we should just 'muddle through' and ignore the question of life's meaning. Or better, perhaps, I don't think it is a question that can be ignored once the business of asking about the worth and significance of what one is doing - one's work, one's pleasures, one's ambitions and so on - has got going. You can't at any point stop the urge to ask Tolstoy's questions, '... and then what?', 'What's the point of that?'.",
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                        "text": "There are some good things and some fantastic ones in Auden's early attitude; if the reader calls it a muddle I shall acquiesce, with the remark that the later position might be considered a more rarefied muddle. But poets rather specialize in muddles and I have no doubt which of the muddles was better for Auden's poetry: one was fertile and usable, the other decidedly is not. Auden sometimes seems to be saying with Henry Clay, \"I had rather be right than poetry\"; but I am not sure, then, that he is either.",
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