Misunderstanding Quotes

317 quotes by 255 authors

Understanding, as we understand it, is misunderstanding. — Elias Canetti
I was born to love - but none of you wanted to believe it, and that misunderstanding was crucial in forming my character. It's true… — George Sand
The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.â€ (August 9, 1955) — Flannery O'Connor
when however small a measure of jealousy is mixed with misunderstanding, there is always going to be trouble. — John Irving
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always… — Oscar Wilde
No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art. — John Ruskin
Understanding is but the sum of misunderstandings. — Haruki Murakami
I know that when people pull apart, they usually employ misunderstanding as a weapon, deliberately getting hold of the stick's wrong end, impaling themselves on… — Salman Rushdie
As usual, it occurred to me that words were the only thing that could possibly save me from this situation. This was a characteristic misunderstanding… — Yukio Mishima
The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman do not cease misunderstanding one another. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
We're not really intruding," he called down. "This is all a big misunderstanding." "Stop right there!" shouted one of them. Skulduggery held his hand to… — Derek Landy
Yes, it's beautiful,' said Gilbert, looking steadily down into Anne's uplifted face, 'but wouldn't it have been more beautiful still, Anne, if there had been… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
The history of mankind is the history of our misunderstandings with god, for he doesn't understand us, and we don't understand him. — Jose Saramago
For a man to think he can fulfil his destiny without a woman is a misunderstanding, a miscalculation; it is reckless and folly. Certainly a… — Yasmina Khadra
It's dreadful what little things lead people to misunderstand each other. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
People try to persuade us that the objections against Christianity spring from doubt. That is a complete misunderstanding. The objections against Christianity spring from insubordination,… — Soren Kierkegaard
He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache.… — George Orwell
Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne? I ask merely for information. I attribute it to the superior… — Oscar Wilde
Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is… — Ambrose Bierce

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