Quotes About Misconception

To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young man for a Greek god or an ordinary young woman for a goddess

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they are mistaken.

The legend that matrimony is a lottery has almost ruined the lottery business

I had seen Rahtan before in Ráj Nivad, but none had been like her. They looked like killers and brutes, and they were big. She barely reached past my shoulder. And they sure as hell never juggled.

You think a king worth more than other men? Xau did not, despite my efforts to correct his misconception.

Quand j'étais petit, je croyais que les magasins de pompes funèbres vendaient des chaussures pour les morts. Des modèles vernis, neufs pour toujours, qui auraient le droit de faire mal aux pieds.

the unfortunate case of McArthur Wheeler, a man who robbed two banks disguised only by lemon juice rubbed on his face. He believed this would make him invisible to security cameras.

Don't judge a lion by its swimming abilities.

They don't think it be like it is, but it do.

Der Turm ist meine Lieblingsfigur", sagte sie jetzt. "Man denkt, man müsse nicht auf ihn achten. Weil er sich immer unkompliziert geradeaus bewegt. Dame, Springer und Läufer behält man im Auge, weil sie sich heimlich anschleichen. Aber gerade der Turm wird einem oft zum Verhängnis. Das Umkomplizierte ist nie ganz das, was es zu sein scheint." - S. 104

You possess a young face and a wise tongue. People hate that. They know it could fool them.

don't think of me as a sexy vampire

One of the things I have come up against time and again in my career is the notion that because a book is easy to read it was somehow easy to write .

We live in a world of shadows ... we are not what we are, but what is said of us and what we read in others' eyes.

People see what they want to see. They're busy trying to figure out who Bandersnitch is, but what they don't expect is someone who looks like me, so no one sees me, even when I'm right in front of them. I'm hiding in plain sight. I stay in the background mostly. It's a damnable thing, but it works. You were surprised at who I was, remember. I wasn't as you imagined me.

People just assume that if you're famous, you're in Hollywood.

Just like the dead and deserted Moon, all things appear to be beautiful from far distance!

See, I remember love. That's what people don't understand.

Tara's already been called a lesbian because that's how the Sebastian boys deal with any girl who has an opinion.

I thought Beauty and the Beast were two people, not one.

Aí é que você se engana, Nhonhoso: eu não sou bom. Sou é muito vagaroso nas maldades.

You mean people pay you to do this to them? I thought you had captured these people and brought them here against their will! How do I become a dentist?

I am in so many movies that are on TV at 2:00 a.m. that people think I am dead.

The danger comes when people think you have what political columnist George Will once described as "a learning curve as flat as Kansas.