Quotes About Misunderstanding

No one would talk much in society, if he knew how often he misunderstood others.

Mio caro, in questa banale faccenda ho nuovamente verificato che a questo mondo l'incomprensione e la pigrizia causano più errori dell'astuzia e della malvagità. O perlomeno, queste ultime sono di certo più rare.

Avevo il cuore gonfio... Ci separammo senza esserci capiti. Del resto è difficile capirsi a questo mondo.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

No one has ever properly understood me, I have never fully understood anyone; and no one understands anyone else

Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different.

The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.

We would not say very much in company if we realized how often we misunderstand what others say.

I am not ashamed to confess it; for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever be decried by the world as drunken or insane.

Because everyone uses language to talk, everyone thinks they can talk about language.

I failed to communicate, that's why I chose to leave

Nobody in real life ever takes me seriously.

If you understand life...you MUST be misinformed!

Every other day there's something - I'm dealing drugs, I'm starving people. I have never done a drug in my life.

Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize.

I swear, I have no understanding of other human beings.

There was nothing I could say in retaliation except something that would confuse her.

When we say Shut up, Gat, that isn't what we mean at all.

She confused being sick with being brave, and suffered agonies while imagining she merited praise for it.

People befriend me because they think I'm happy. I'm not even sure why they think I'm happy, but they do. I get distracted, and I laugh, and I turn something on in myself that makes me, maybe, fun to be with. And I'm just— I want you to know up front that I'm false advertising.

I will prove myself strong, when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave, when they think I am weak.

I will prove myself strong, when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave, when they think I am weak. (p.142)

È una stanza rovinata dagli uomini nel tentativo di renderla bella per le donne. Gli uomini non sanno quello che vogliamo.

I sat looking at her, completely lost for words; women say the damnedest things.