Misunderstood Quotes

379 quotes by 313 authors

To make a man perfectly happy tell him he works too hard, that he spends too much money, that he is misunderstood or that he… — Helen Rowland
I want to reach people and express myself. You have to put up with the risk of being misunderstood if you are going to try… — Edie Sedgwick
If a life could have a theme song - and I believe every worthwhile one has - mine is a religion, an obsession, a mania… — Ayn Rand
Agency, or the power to choose, was ours as spirit children of our Creator before the world was. It is a gift from God, nearly… — Russell M. Nelson
If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem. — Bjarne Stroustrup
Even if our motives are presently misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Way of the Warrior has been misunderstood. It is not a means to kill and destroy others. Those who seek to compete and better… — Morihei Ueshiba
No people in the history of the world have ever been so misunderstood, so misjudged, and so cruelly maligned. — John Brown Gordon
A writer who is in a hurry to be understood today or tomorrow runs the danger of being misunderstood the day after tomorrow. — Johann Georg Hamann
The United States is a society in which people not only can get by without knowing much about the wider world but are systematically encouraged… — Robert Jensen
JavaScript is the world's most misunderstood programming language. — Douglas Crockford
Lady Dance's music wasn't a magic charm. I'd misunderstood. We had all failed to understand. The song and dance didn't stop us dying. It just… — Jackie French
Few things are more commonly misunderstood than the nature and meaning of theocracy. It is commonly assumed to be a dictatorial rule by self-appointed men… — R.J. Rushdoony
You will be surprised to learn how some very knowing people have misunderstood Plotto. On glancing at it, some of the intelligentia have jumped at… — William Wallace Cook
Spiritual practice is the capacity to offer your love even when you feel hurt, closed down, tense, angry, misunderstood, or hated. — David Deida
I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy. — Zayn Malik
Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood. — Jeff Bezos
I'm the most misunderstood, misquoted person I know, honestly. — Dusty Springfield
I think love is the most misunderstood emotion in the universe. I don't think half the people know what real love is. And I don't… — Neale Donald Walsch
You can't find intimacy-you can't find home-when you're always hiding behind masks. Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a certain level of… — Junot Diaz

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