Misnomer Quotes

19 quotes by 18 authors

Legal ethics is a misnomer ... lawyers conducting themselves legally are not necessarily conducting themselves morally ."...and ..."The zero sum nature of the legal system,… — Thane Rosenbaum
As I write in my book, there is a misnomer that destroying another person's position is an effective and practical way to negotiate. — Leigh Steinberg
Several elements of the ADD mind favor creativity....As mentioned earlier, the term 'attention deficit' is a misnomer. It is a matter of attention inconsistency. While… — Edward Hallowell
Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made. — Jacques Barzun
Time management is a misnomer, the challenge is to manage ourselves. — Stephen Covey
There is no such thing as an attention span. There is only the quality of what you are viewing. This whole idea of an attention… — Jerry Seinfeld
Maybe we donâ€™t recognize satisfaction because it is disguised as radical generosity, a strange misnomer in a consumer culture. — Jen Hatmaker
The Kundalini resides in the base of the spine. It's a bit of a misnomer because the kundalini really is not so much in the… — Frederick Lenz
It's kind of a misnomer about science fiction that science fiction is about anything other than people. It's about people doing stuff, sometimes doing extraordinary… — Greg Bear
War on terror' is a misnomer. It would be like calling America's involvement in World War II a 'war on kamikazism.' Terrorism, like kamikazism, is… — Dinesh D'Souza
If there ever was a misnomer, it is "exact science." Science has always been full of mistakes. The present day is no exception. And our… — Edward Teller
Man's indecency to man all over the world rules out the idea of humanity as an actuality. It is a dream of young idealists. In… — Errol Flynn
An education which does not teach us to discriminate between good and bad, to assimilate the one and eschew the other, is a misnomer — Mahatma Gandhi
If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism… — Ronald Reagan
Fun-run" indeed,what a misnomer. That'd be like saying "calm gremlin" or "pleasant hag." Or 'entertaining history textbook. — Kiersten White
Protectionism is a misnomer. The only people protected by tariffs, quotas and trade restrictions are those engaged in uneconomic and wasteful activity. Free trade is… — Walter Block
Yoga is a big misnomer in the west, people don't know what this yoga is. Yoga means union with the divine. When you become one… — Nirmala Srivastava
Basically if you study entrepreneurs, there is a misnomer: People think that entrepreneurs take risk, and they get rewarded because they take risk. In reality… — Mohnish Pabrai
I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer, just as liberalism is a misnomer for… — Ronald Reagan

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