Misunderstand Quotes

107 quotes by 97 authors

When people tell you who they are, Maya Angelou famously advised, believe them. Just as importantly, however, when people try to tell you who you… — Maria Popova
Nobody can misunderstand a child as much as his own parents. — Sydney J. Harris
I am not saying that you should renounce things, that you should escape from your home and renounce the marketplace. No, don't misunderstand my statement.… — Rajneesh
Sometimes I need to reject the music proposed for my songs because the musicians misunderstand that the Fanny Crosby who once wrote for the people… — Fanny Crosby
We have a dangerous tendency to misunderstand, minimize, and even manipulate the gospel in order to accommodate our assumptions and our desires. — David Platt
She kissed her way into society. I don't like her. But don't misunderstand me: my dislike is purely platonic. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
In the chapter on study we considered the importance of observing ourselves to see how often our speech is a frantic attempt to explain and… — Richard J. Foster
I don't want you to misunderstand me. You might get up and state what you believe to be Seventh-day Adventism, and I might not agree… — John Harvey Kellogg
A son is a promise that time makes to a man,the guarantee every father receives that whatever he holds dear will someday be considered foolish,… — Ian Caldwell
The economists who have put the spotlight on teacher quality are the ones who most misunderstand it. — Andy Hargreaves
The study of Freemasonry is the study of man as a candidate for a blessed eternity. It furnishes examples of holy living, and displays the… — William Howard Taft
The scientific method actually correctly uses the most direct evidence as the most reliable, because that's the way you are least likely to get led… — Aubrey de Grey
In science you need to understand the world; in business you need others to misunderstand it. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I won't say he [Shakespeare] 'invented' us, because journalists perpetually misunderstand me on that. I'll put it more simply: he contains us. Our ways of… — Harold Bloom
I have been misunderstood perhaps more than anyone else ever, but it has not affected me, for the simple reason that there is no desire… — Rajneesh
I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that… — Samuel West
We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misunderstand… — Quintilian
The predation of wolves and women by those who misunderstand them is strikingly similar. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
To pray without expectation is to misunderstand the whole concept of prayer and relationship with God. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
"Promise. Don't misunderstand me-you are quite vexing." He touches his tender jaw. "And you hit like a man. But you didn't cause his illness. That… — Libba Bray

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