Quotes About Misunderstanding

Affable! His own son, his one and only son, could not speak his mind or ease his heart to him.

When I was younger I used to think that my good intentions were somehow communicated to people by a secret telepathic wig-wag system. It was therefore disappointing to see at last that unless I spelt things out I couldn't hope to get credit for goodwill.

Women believe that men are, in a sense, defective versions of women, Men believe that women are defective versions of men. Both genders are trapped in a delusion that their personal viewpoints are universal. That viewpoint—that each gender is a defective version of the other—is the root of all misunderstandings.

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Honor's face turned bright red. Her knuckles went white. "Yes," Honor said. "I understand, Mister Gibbons." Gibbons nodded, making the common mistake of thinking that understanding and agreeing were the same thing.

You know,' I called, 'you're the one that's going to have to explain to Max how you got your blender back.' I'll tell him I astral-projected. Butt-head.

There was a long pause. Um, I'm afraid I don't know the word in English. The word for what? I just said I don't know it!

All extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane.

Und ich habe wieder bei diesem kleinen Geschäft gefunden, daß Mißverständnisse und Trägheit vielleicht mehr Irrungen in der Welt machen als List und Bosheit. Wenigstens sind die beiden letzteren gewiß seltener.

Man spricht vergebens viel, um zu versagen; Der andre hört von allem nur das Nein.

How difficult it is to understand one another in this world.

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

Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen, Was sie nicht verstehn.

Even the prudent and the good have before now hesitated to explain their mutual differences, and have dwelt in silence upon their imaginary grievances, until circumstances have become so entangled, that in that critical juncture, when a calm explanation would have saved all parties, an understanding was impossible.

Mi sentivo il cuore pesante… e ci separammo senza esserci compresi. Come del resto nessuno, a questo mondo, comprende facilmente l'altro.

daß Mißverständnisse und Trägheit vielleicht mehr Irrungen in der Welt machen als List und Bosheit. Wenigstens sind die beiden letzteren gewiß seltener.

Estamos acostumbrados a que los seres humanos se rían de lo que no entienden, a que rezonguen ante lo bueno y lo bello, que a menudo les resulta fastidioso

En mutlu sözcük bile gülünç duruma dü?er, onu dinleyen kulak çarp?ksa e?er.

for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane.

May I speak with his mother?" "Of course,follow me." The butler didn't go far,stopping at the door to the dining room to announce loftily, "Lady St. John has arrived, madam." Rebecca heard a testy tone, from inside the room. "Are you blind, Charles? I'm sitting right here." "The new Lady St. John.

Arrgh, my dad's here to pick me up. How can he be so insensitive to intrigue?

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

My poetry is often criticized for a failure to communicate, but I take issue with this; my intention is to communicate and my feeling is that a poem that communicates something that's already known by the reader is not really communicating anything to him and in fact shows a lack of respect for him.

Men and women often judge what they don't really know.