Quotes About Misconception

We realized that the version of the world they rendered for us was not the world they really believed in...

Up until recently, Milton thought of Tessie as his prim cousin. Whenever one of his friends expressed interest in her, Milton told them to give up the idea. That's honey from the icebox, he said, As Artie Shaw might have. Cold sweets don't spread.

Seems does not make it so.

The hyperactivity syndrome supposedly caused by white sugar has never, ever, been verified—and not for lack of trying. In the famous New Haven study, it was the presence of the parents, not the presence of white sugar, that was causing the problem; most of the kids calmed down when their parents left the room.*

As it turned out, my perception was so much more intimidating than the reality.

Nobody gets their period for the first time and has a nervous breakdown next to a Kohler toilet. Men have such stupid ideas about menstruation, don't they, Julie?

Great actors who I want to work with-have such a misconception of who I am because of all the things that get said about me.

Today I want to dispel this myth, because it is absolutely not true .[ that ARV's work ] The pharmaceutical industry and those who have a vested interest in the drug industry fuels this propaganda.

Less so here, I've noticed. I can see why there's a misconception that it's easier when your parents are actors, but it doesn't work out at all. In fact, it's the reverse.

My looks have prevented people from seeing my work.

Out here, you find out that the city fools you about how things really work.

People judged my work without to have listened to it.

Every story about me is so heavy and dramatic. That's not how I do life. But that's the impression people have, and that's what keeps getting reiterated. As if I'm still stuck in all the muck of the past. And I am so not.

Women's director! Well, I'm very pleased to be considered a master of anything, but remember, for every Jill there was a Jack. People like to pigeonhole you - it's a shortcut, I guess, but once they do, you're stuck with it.

An image has stuck for most of my career and it isn't flattering.

I had to tell people I was not born with a scarf because I came out Iran. People think you came out of your mother with a scarf; they can't imagine that the scarf is not stuck to your head.

Nontraditional students often have the misconception that aid is intended only for high school students entering college. Luckily, that's not the case.

I hate the idea of people thinking that I'm just a little girl who goes into studios with pop producers, and they work their magic.

All Italians speak Spanish without studying.

Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid.

I think people have a different image of me because, you know, they portray me with the idea that models are stupid and dumb; like, 'She can just be a model because she can just be a model - she's dumb and she can't do anything else.'

People expect me to be stupid. I'm not saying I'm Stephen Fry, but it is amazing the perception people have.

The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid.

I tell you what. 85 percent of the sportswriters think I'm stupid or a clown or something. They think I'm crazy.