Confusion Quotes

1081 Confusion quotes by 813 unique authors

...assume that art begins in unhappiness. True, the goal of art is to convey a vision of coherence and peace, but the effort to develop… — Robert Adams
. . .art is a discovery of harmony, a vision of disparities reconciled, or shape beneath confusion. — Robert Adams
We must first note that economic factors are taken into account in a world in which ignorance, prejudice, and mental confusion, encouraged rather than dispelled… — Ronald Coase
Some of the most serious fallacies of traditional economics have been due to confusion between optimum and equilibrium conditions; the apparent influence of Dr. Pangloss… — Sir John Richard Hicks
There is no shame in confusion or fear. "There was only shame in the silence fear had produced. . . . It was the silence… — Barack Obama
Each wave of sightings adds to the accumulation of reports which defy analysis by present methods... An investigative process in depth is necessary here if,… — J. Allen Hynek
Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand; For hot, cold, moist,… — John Milton
In things to be seen at once, much variety makes confusion, another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once, and have… — Christopher Wren
We must express the view, based on our empirical observations, that a substantial number of journalists are ignorant, lazy, opinionated, and intellectually dishonest. The profession… — Conrad Black
... It was the idea of facing a future skimming the surface of life, winging my way in and out of other people's crises, confusions,… — Anna Quindlen
The logic of a madman is a sane man's confusion. — Joe R. Lansdale
Your central self is totally untouched by grief, confusion, desperation. — Vernon Howard
Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion. — Maggie Kuhn
People asking questions, lost in confusion, well I tell them there's no problem, only solutions. — John Lennon
He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion. — Zhuangzi
Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that. — D. H. Lawrence
When things are baffling they usually don't unbaffle themselves.There's just, you know, a certain amount of baffling stuff that always, like, really baffles you, and… — Dean Koontz
Complexity is not a cause of confusion. It is a result of it. — Jeff Hawkins
Deal with it before it happens. Set things in order before there is confusion. — Laozi
In life courtesy and self-possession, and in the arts style, are the sensible impressions of the free mind, for both arise out of a deliberate… — William Butler Yeats
Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all… — Alexander Pope
Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain Here earth and water seem to strive again, Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But, as… — Alexander Pope
Ruin seize thee, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state. — Thomas Gray
Clean undeniable right, clear undeniable might: either of these once ascertained puts an end to battle. All battle is a confused experiment to ascertain one… — Thomas Carlyle
When you realize the nature of mind, layers of confusion peel away. You don't actually "become" a buddha, you simply cease, slowly, to be deluded.… — Sogyal Rinpoche

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