Quotes About Misconstrued

I can be a very sarcastic person, and sometimes people take every word I say literally.

Durkheim goes on to argue that the cult of the individual has been misconstrued as the cult of the self-interested ego. Durkheim maintains that a collection of purely egotistical individuals could not form a society at all, that indeed, there has to be the recognition of others' interests, expressed in 'moral individualism' by the importance of equality and rights.

I didn't direct any of the 'Saw' sequels, but people thought I did.

At first I was quite surprised when I realized how little time was necessary for this great evil power within the state to produce a certain belief among the public. In doing so, the genuine will and convictions of the public were often completely misconstrued. It took the press only a few days to transform some ridiculously trivial matter into an issue of national importance-while vital problems were completely ignored or hidden away from public view.

I think that I am misunderstood because people perceive me to be a certain way because I am generational. They expect me to be entitled and expect me to have things early on. I think people misconstrued that honestly.

A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.

It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem.

I'm surprised sometimes at how some of my actions are misinterpreted.

Next to 'God', 'love' is the word most mangled in every language.

Everyone's saying I'm hating on Seattle, but they're taking that out of context. What I really meant to say was I'm the only new wave artist to really break out of Seattle.

Things are not at all what they seem to be: oh no, not at all.

I've been misconstrued because I speak in a certain way. I find it obnoxious how it defines you, somehow limits your ability to understand the human condition. You can't be allowed near emotions; you play these curling-lipped, haughty characters. This awful label - 'the posh Toby Stephens' - I'm not posh!

We have all said things that are offensive when taken out of context. You don't need to tell the public to be repelled. They will tell you they are repelled.

Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much.

I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans.

People who read me seem to be divided into four groups: twenty-five percent like me for the right reasons; twenty-five percent like me for the wrong reasons; twenty-five percent hate me for the wrong reasons; twenty-five percent hate me for the right reasons. It's that last twenty-five percent that worries me.

Al come on. The woman's, like, senile,' I said under my breath. 'Last year she thought me and Hammond were a closeted couple.

To the non-initiate, whose experience of sexuality and bodily pleasure may be distorted by negative cultural conditioning, the introduction of sexuality into a sacred context is often mistakenly misconstrued as the ordinary pursuit of sex for recreation.

Many of the articles printed over the last few months have ended up painting a picture of me that is more than a little distorted.

I think a lot of times my comments get misconstrued as disrespectful and it's not.

avowed preference for an elite based on merit was misconstrued by enemies into a secret adoration of aristocracy.

I've been thought to be a flight attendant many many times.

The thing that's funny is that everyone thinks I'm dead.

Miss Scace died years ago." "Appearances can be deceptive. She only looks dead.