Quotes About Misunderstanding

Jesus," Roland said, not meaning the little Cuban but the other Jesus.

but he knew by the way the man was looking at him his words had been wasted. "I'm going up the mountain," Tanner said.

they seemed to be greater strangers than before

Quand je pense, dit Sandoz, que ces petits fignoleurs de l'École et du journalisme l'ont accusé de paresse et d'ignorance, en répétant les uns à la suite des autres qu'il avait toujours refusé d'apprendre son métier ! (...) Jamais ils ne comprendront que ce qu'on apporte, lorsqu'on a la gloire d'apporter quelque chose, déforme ce qu'on apprend.

Both women, looking different ways, kept shrugging their shoulders and asking themselves how the deuce the other could tell such whoppers!

Quand Hélène revint […] elle pensait que jamais ils ne s'étaient moins aimés que ce jour-là.

I can hardly regard her in the light of a rational creature, so obstinately has she persisted in forming a fabulous notion of my character and acting on the false impressions she cherished.

Se acercó y le alargó la mano. Hareton se puso sombrío como una nube de tormenta, apretó los puños y miró al suelo. Pero ella comprendió que aquello no era odio, sino testarudez, y, después de un instante de indecisión, se inclinó hacia él y le besó en la mejilla. Enseguida, se volvió a la ventana.

I thought, though everybody hated and despised each other, they could not avoid loving me...

En lugar de reconocer la sofisticación intelectual de Emily, Charlotte la presentaba como una sencilla chica de campo, nada «culta», que había acabado escribiendo un libro desconcertante, más por ingenua que por versada.

The name he was called was not his own, but he did not know this, so answered to it perfectly well.

My radar, after all these years of sanity, is still off when it comes to what people do or don't mean.

Hugh G. in a spot of bother up LA, apparently. Something to do with a blow job. It's all right for some, I thought.

she tried to say it. But she didn't get any further than 'Kollamooli'. Nor did the others.

Argy-bargying in double-Dutch like that. Do you want

Artemis had once seen Holly get into a fistfight with another elf who said her hair looked pretty, because she thought he was being sarcastic, as she was sporting a fresh crew cut on that particular day. Holly didn't go on many dates. Holly

I tried to talk about National Geographic one night, and Jason gave me a look like I was insulting him, so I moved on to a safer subject: which of the girls have implants.

I met Jesus,' mumbled Vern, his head coming up. 'He weren't even a good carpenter.

Holly wanted to be sure she understood what was being said. "So you're saying that Shelly is going to light a fart?" "No, Shelly is going to light the fart. He has stored enough methane to power Haven for a year. There hasn't been a fart like this since the last dwarf tribal gathering.

Het misverstand dat trollen stom zijn is wijdverbreid. Maar trollen zijn in feite hooguit betrekkelijk stom.

Sometimes I feel like people aren't listening to me. I spend ninety minutes up here talking about the dangers of time travel, advising you to stay the hell away from time travel, and the first question I get is: 'Do you think time travel will be available commercially?' Then again, I spend every waking hour bent over quantum equations, so I guess I don't listen to me, either. - Professor Charles Smart

When you do anything from a clear judgment that it ought to be done, never shrink from being seen to do it, even though the world should misunderstand it; for if you are not acting rightly, shun the action itself; if you are, why fear those who wrongly censure you?

There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.

We think we know people. We think that what we see is all there is. We rarely ask ourselves what goes on behind the curtain. We jump to conclusions. And we take everything very personally.