Quotes About Misunderstanding

I've upset you, haven't I?" said Morris. "No, you haven't upset me," said Robin. After all, "upset" wasn't quite the same as "enrage.

blood was thumping in her ears: the sensation of not being heard was becoming increasingly common during these interactions)

So I've been forced to the conclusion," said Strike, "that the Bombyx Mori everyone's read is a different book to the Bombyx Mori Owen Quine wrote.

Na ja, bei ihm heißt Chard 'Phallus Impudicus', und ..." [...] "Er heißt 'unzüchtiger Pimmel'?

When Ed found out I was seein' Kea again, everyfing turned to shit between us. We couldn' talk wivvout tellin' each other 'ow much of a fuckin' bastard we fort the ovver one was…

Lucy deploraba su actitud y los motivos que él daba. Ella siempre se ofendía cuando él hablaba de unos objetivos en la vida diferentes a los suyos, como si estuviesen atacando sus decisiones y opiniones.

she had brought harm to him, in the believe that nothing mattered, that no moment had consequences beyond the moment itself. She had agreed to kill him without realizing that he would die".

Nobody knew what that sort of blather meant in the Sixties and nobody knows now.

But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.

As a boy, the conflict avoider saw many arguments, but never any resolution. This left him with the wrong idea not only about arguments, but also about relationships. He thought that there was no such thing as a healthy argument. He learned that he hated conflict, so he became the peacemaker. Reconciling conflicting parties—or keeping the peace—

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

People mistake shyness and reclusiveness- both of those- for arrogance. It's a convenient label slapped on by those who see only the surface of things and nothing more.

He means well. He just doesn't know what he means well.

I know there are a lot of readers that think I've got a very crappy marriage just because of the things going on with Rick and Lori but there's really nothing that's been like a mirror. I'm just making this stuff up.

The thing about smart mother fuckers is that sometimes, they sound like crazy mother fuckers to stupid mother fuckers...

JeÅ›li m??czyzna wie, czego chce, mówi siÄ™, ?e jest mÄ™ski. JeÅ›li kobieta mówi, co myÅ›li, mówi siÄ™, ?e jest wredna - albo i gorzej.

The conversation had gotten off on the wrong foot and she knew it.

how good are you with sign languish?" "Quite competent within a very narrow range, sir" said Bekker. "I'm certain I can communicate hostility and frustration with no risk of misunderstanding. More complex matter might exead my abilities.

Supposedly we were generating excitement, or underscoring a memorable event. But according to a grunt, "We wanted to know why you fuckers wouldn't come down and give us a fucking ride.

I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." ? Robert McCloskey

I am dying of the incomprehension of those who could have seen me and held me, dying of the emptiness of cautious and clever people, and of the lovelessness of hesitancy and not-much-liking.

People frequently point to communication as a problem, because its easy to notice, but usually it is a symptom of an underlying problem with a relationship posture.

Poor woman, I suppose she led a dog's life, and it made her disagreeable, which she mistook for being strong.