Mistook Quotes

26 quotes by 25 authors

The economics profession went astray because economists, as a group, mistook beauty, clad in impressive-looking mathematics, for truth. — Paul Krugman
At 24, my head was as shiny as a cue ball on a billiard table. I naturally thought this meant curtains. Actually, I found it… — Frank Cady
Every year the hunters shot cows and horses and family pets and each other. And unbelievably, they sometimes shot themselves, perhaps in a psychotic episode… — Louise Penny
We too, through lack of knowledge and of sufficiently mature reflection, mistook the visible outward appearance of the phenomenon for the phenomenon itself. — Leon Jouhaux
Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost… — Oliver Goldsmith
What people mistook for safety was in fact captivity. — Louise Penny
Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be… — Criss Jami
I wrapped a movie called 'Zombieland,' in which I was constantly under assault by zombies, then flew to New York, still very much in character.… — Woody Harrelson
Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for… — Thomas Szasz
Dr. Kertesz mentioned to me a case known to him of a farmer who had developed prosopagnosia and in consequence could no longer distinguish (the… — Oliver Sacks
Whatever plane our consciousness may be acting in, both we and the things belonging to that plane are, for the time being, our only realities.… — H. P. Blavatsky
Twice in her life she had mistaken something else for it; it was like seeing somebody in the street who you think is a friend,… — Nancy Mitford
Captain of our fairy band, Helena is here at hand, And the youth, mistook by me, Pleading for a lover's fee. Shall we their fond… — William Shakespeare
Three or four times only in my youth did I glimpse the Joyous Isles, before they were lost to fogs, depressions, cold fronts, ill winds,… — David Mitchell
What are you? (Danger) Well, had you listened before you stabbed me, you would have heard the â€˜Iâ€™m Acheronâ€™s Squireâ€™ part. Apparently that somehow escaped… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
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
She put a hit on her boyfriend, so it's not like she hasn't murdered someone." "And you know that how?" Sam asks. I'm trying really… — Holly Black
Itâ€™s my own fault, really. For believing in fairy tales. Not that I ever mistook them for actual historical fact, or anything. But I did… — Meg Cabot
We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom. — Toni Morrison

Who Wrote These Mistook Quotes

25 authors contributed a total of 26 Mistook Quotes as follows: