Distorted Quotes

205 quotes by 190 authors

The biggest lie is the lie we tell ourselves in the distorted visions we have of ourselves, blocking out some sections, enhancing others. What remains… — Kirk Douglas
As soon as we start putting our thoughts into words and sentences everything gets distorted, language is just no damn goodâ€”I use it because I… — Marcel Duchamp
Each of us carries around those growing up places, the institutions, a sort of backdrop, a stage set. So often we act out the present… — Chandra Talpade Mohanty
Why is fear part of earth life? Perhaps our Heavenly Fatherâ€™s greatest hope is that through our fears we may choose to turn to Him.… — Virginia H. Pearce
To force a female to do things in male fashion is not equal opportunity, it is distorted idealism. — Greg Hartley
God reproduces and lives out His image in millions of ordinary people like us. It is a supreme mystery. We are called to bear that… — Philip Yancey
It was as if personality itself had a 'face'. This non-physical face of personality seemed to be the real key to personality change. It remained… — Maxwell Maltz
It is so basic. A human being is an innocent part of nature. Our civilization has distorted this universal quality that allows us to feel… — Ruth Bernhard
Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases… — Gautama Buddha
People had their image of what a cowboy was, ... A lot of it was perpetuated by the media presentations of the cowboys in fiction… — Philip Roberts
Severe mental illness like psychosis can lead to a tragedy like this - that people can see things that aren't real and hear things that… — Andrea Yates
Those who have gone through the high school of reporterdom have acquired a new instinct by which they see and hear only that which can… — Hugo Munsterberg
For too long, opponents of the PATRIOT Act have transformed this law into a grossly distorted caricature that bears no relation to the legislation itself. — Jim Sensenbrenner
Crime is a product of a distorted mind. — Kiran Bedi
Whenever I write anything that sets up controversy its meaning is distorted almost instantly. Even the editorial writers of newspapers seem to be unable to… — H. L. Mencken
They are this horrible thing where you are distorted. The chin is too big, the head is too small. No, this is electronic masturbation. — Karl Lagerfeld
If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself… — Thomas a Kempis
You can't rewind war. It spools on, and on, and on, looping and jumping, distorted and cracked with age, and the stories contract until only… — Alexandra Fuller
All maps are distorted, they are not literal fact. — Paula Scher
Children, by nature, are keen, passionate and curious. What was referred to as laziness is often merely an awakening of sensitivity, a psychological inability to… — Octave Mirbeau

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