Misunderstood Quotes

379 quotes by 313 authors

I have put my pen at the service of some of the most persecuted and misunderstood people in the world. So far as I know… — Radclyffe Hall
I have seen some terrifically exciting changes with young players coming into the squad which is reinvigorated. The older players and the whole group has… — Greg Chappell
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it. — William James
If you can't detect the sarcasm you've misunderstood. — Lily Allen
When you receive criticism from well-meaning people, it pays to ask, â€˜Are they right?â€™ And if they are, you need to adapt what theyâ€™re doing.… — Jeff Bezos
My friend Heinrich Zimmer of years ago used to say, 'The best things can't be told,' because they transcend thought. 'The second best are misunderstood,'… — Heinrich Zimmer
Since I've become a central banker, I've learned to mumble with great incoherence. If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what… — Alan Greenspan
We can glimpse it in the book of Acts: the method of the kingdom will match the message of the kingdom. The kingdomâ€¦goes out into… — N. T. Wright
The role of Ronald Reagan had been deliberately diminished; the role of the Europeans, who, with the exception of Helmet Kohl, were often keen to… — Margaret Thatcher
Everywhere I go, there are all these Big Star freaks, and theyâ€™re nice little guys who are usually in college, and theyâ€™re kind of lonely… — Alex Chilton
To refrain from storytelling is perhaps one of the highest forms of respect we can pay. Those people, with no stories to circle them, can… — Ben Marcus
Brussels sprouts are misunderstood - probably because most people don't know how to cook them properly. — Todd English
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band's lead singer, Eric Burdon. "So you're the honky," she… — Nina Simone
Many jazz musicians affect a misunderstood-genius air when they play, which alienates the audience and breaks down the communications of the music. A musician's responsibility… — Gabor Szabo
There is nothing as dreamy and poetic, nothing as radical, subversive, and psychedelic, as mathematics. It is every bit as mind blowing as cosmology or… — Paul Lockhart
Of all the ills of man which can be successfully processed by Scientology, arthritis ranks near the top. In skilled hands, this ailment, though misunderstood… — L. Ron Hubbard
Oh my, I've just discovered what science shows us about our humble but spectacular place in the universe, and I have to say: it is… — Julia Sweeney
Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious. — Edgar Saltus
Would a watermelon in the midst of a chase sequence not be, in its own organic way, emblematic of our entire misunderstood enterprise? At once… — W D Richter
Mysticism has often been misunderstood as the attempt to escape this simple, phenomenal world to a more pure existence in heaven beyond. This is not… — Walter Wink

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