Quotes About Misunderstanding

Great talkers are trying to fill the gap between themselves and others, but only widen it.

When a diplomat says yes he means perhaps; when he says perhaps he means no; when he says no he is no diplomat.

They talk of my drinking but never my thirst.

It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him.

Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name.

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

My friend and I have built a wall Between us thick and wide: The stones of it are laid in scorn And plastered high with pride.

He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

My husband wasn't listening when the doctor asked for "a urine, stool, and semen sample" . . . so I just told him they wanted his shorts.

Old and young disbelieve one another's truths.

I do not have a problem, I enjoy gambling, but I think people are trying to make it seem like I have a problem, because people really don't know.

I guess it's human nature, as every group breaks into factions, yet at a time when we are trying to be taken seriously, it can confuse people - especially when it moves from being about where you want to go and what you want to do to why the others are idiots.

I like reading, I like boring things, and yet I think people for ages had this image of me that I was on the tube with a chainsaw looking for any likely candidate.

I had quite a tumultuous start to my career. I used to have two really good games but then my form would dip. I don't think people really understood me and I ended up dropping to the bench.

For the record, I am not an admitted homosexual, nor am I a homosexual, though I do know the lyrics to every show tune ever written, which might perhaps account for the confusion.

I think it's true that people seemed to have had a kind of tunnel vision in my regard, and that has been something that I've been having to fight against for a long time.

The West has the wrong perception about Turkey itself.

We saw that on the Turkish side there was a sincere wish for peace. But before I could even put my foot back on Greek soil people called me a traitor.

If I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.

For a fortnight nobody at all emailed me, or posted a follow-up. Doesn't anyone care, I thought? It turned out my newsreader was broken, and hadn't posted at all.

M.I.T. has a reputation for turning out Dilberts. They may be brilliant in what they do, but no one can understand what they say.

I thought I was signed up to be on 'Heroes.' It turns out I signed up to be on 'Survivor.'

I figured managing people was obvious - I'd tell someone what they needed to do and they'd do what I wanted. It turns out that's not the case. It was frustrating at first.

I don't think I'm ever forgiven for anything, which is baffling because I'm not on TV that much.