Quotes About Misunderstanding

Wir sind gewohnt dass die Menschen verhohnen was sie nicht verstehen.

that we never know what's in the heart of people when we judge them. Actions that sometimes seem mean aren't. Rather they are done by the ones we love in order to protect us without our knowing it.

I endeavor to be serious and you will not take me seriously

I feel stupid when people say 'You? You are so brave,' because I don't feel brave, I don't even know what brave is.

All I want is to be cherished, she thought, and here I am talking gibberish with a selfish man.

Ich versteh dich nicht.« Theodora schmiss ärgerlich ihren Stift hin. »Gehst du immer dahin, wo du nicht erwünscht bist?« Eleanor lächelte friedfertig. »Ich bin noch nirgendwo erwünscht gewesen«, sagte sie.

Do you think that woman really means to make us a soufflé? Here is certainly a soufflé dish, and eggs and cheese—

You know you're about as forthcoming as a mime.

Well look and see what this very same Job has to say, that book which everyone reads, but no one understands

I'm her friend. What have I got against her? But on the other hand, she didn't do right by me.

Human's intrinsic nature manifest in it's misunderstandings

Zwei Juden treffen sich im Eisenbahnwagen einer galizischen Station. 'Wohin fahrst du?, fragt der eine. 'Nach Krakau,, ist die Antwort. 'Sieh' her, was du für Lügner bist, , braust der andere auf. 'Wenn du sagst, du fahrst nach Krakau, willst du doch, dass ich glauben soll, du fahrst nach Lemberg. Nun weiss ich aber, dass du wirklich fahrst nach Krakau. Also warum lügst du?

If we could talk to animals, goes the song. Meaning, if they could talk to us. But of course that would ruin everything.

This would explain much of human suffering, according to my ex, who was being less playful than you might think. He really did believe that's how it was: each of us languaging on, our meaning clear to ourselves but to nobody else. Even people in love? I asked, smilingly, teasingly, hopefully. This was at the very beginning of our relationship. He only smiled back. But years later, at the bitter end, came the bitter answer: People in love most of all. —

Understood: language would end up falsifying everything, as language always does.

I stared until I was blind at the fact that Otto didn't understand me. It never occurred to me that I didn't understand him.

He would think they were the tears of a simple woman and he'd not have the sense to see that she was crying because she was so angry.

Then a senior KGB officer appeared and apologised for the misunderstanding. 'Perhaps we can go for a drink to smooth this over,' he suggested. We were all released into the night and agents gave each of us KGB cap badges as souvenirs.

Maar er bestaat een te groot misverstand tussen ons. Je hebt nooit getracht mijn leven te delen, je hebt me enkel voor jezelf liefgehad.

Poder conversar é uma grande sorte, disse ela. É compreensível que, nos casais que não sabem se aproveitar das palavras, os mal-entendidos formem bolas de neve e acabem por estragar tudo entre eles.

Cada sexo cree justificarse tomando la ofensiva: pero los entuertos de uno no absuelven al otro.

Je suis un intellectuel. Ça m'agace qu'on fasse de ce mot une insulte : les gens ont l'air de croire que le vide de leur cerveau leur meuble les couilles.

So kindly," Carol mused, "so well meant, so neighborly – and so confoundedly untrue. Is it really my failure, or theirs?

He so did not sit down and have a proper talk with her. I know it. He probably sent her a brief text, saying, Over. Sam.