Misplaced Quotes

92 quotes by 87 authors

On any given day, something claims our attention. Anything at all, inconsequential things. A rosebud, a misplaced hat, that sweater we liked as a child,… — Haruki Murakami
As the surface of the seashore rocks were pitted by by the waves and gathered limpets that further disguised what lay beneath, so time made… — William Trevor
Television is altering the meaning of 'being informed' by creating a species of information that might properly be called disinformation. Disinformation does not mean false… — Neil Postman
And that, I suppose, is what I'd been trying to tell my mother that day: that her faith in justice and rationality was misplaced, that… — Barack Obama
She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a… — Jane Austen
There are several ways to react to being lost. One is to panic: this was usually Valentina's first impulse. Another is to abandon yourself to… — Audrey Niffenegger
I am living at the Villa Borghese. There is not a crumb of dirt anywhere, nor a chair misplaced. We are all alone here and… — Henry Miller
Perhaps, as we say in America, I wanted to find myself. This is an interesting phrase, not current as far as I know in the… — James A. Baldwin
After the dress rehearsal that afternoon, someone had misplaced the vial of poison, and for lack of better, Romeo would have to commit suicide by… — Anne Fortier
Insofar as he'd formed any opinion of her, it was that she suffered from misplaced gentility and the mistaken belief that etiquette meant good breeding.… — Terry Pratchett
Confidence is inspiring. Yet so often misplaced. (Robert Thornhill) — David Baldacci
Then I celebrated my Wall of Books. I counted the volumes on my twenty-foot-long modernist bookshelf to make sure none had been misplaced or used… — Gary Shteyngart
Maybe, you just misplaced it, you know? It's been there. But you just haven't been looking in the right spot. Because lost means forever, it's… — Sarah Dessen
Shaunee was digging in her purse like she'd misplaced a tube of one of MAC's seasonal lipsticks that you buy and fall in love with… — P. C. Cast
Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?" The doctor cocked an eyebrow. "Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body… — Tad Williams
You're wrong," I told her. "I lost that faith a long time ago." She looked at me as I said this, an expression of quiet… — Sarah Dessen
Men! She could not understand why so many women feared them. Hadn't the gods made them with the most vurnerable part of their guts hanging… — Stephen King
Do you trust me? The question is usually asked before an admission that such trust is misplaced. — S.J. Watson
Get your hand off me,â€ I exclaimed, voice loud with misplaced anger as I yanked away from his grip. â€œIâ€™m a professional, not some distraught… — Kim Harrison
As naturally as the ruled always took the morality imposed upon them more seriously than did the rulers themselves, the deceived masses are today captivated… — Theodor Adorno

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