Quotes About Misjudgment

She flinched, but there was no return of warmth to her lovely, cool features. The ground seemed to open beneath Thomas. A black abyss yawned at his feet and he was teetering, off balance with no handholds in sight. "Fia, please. You can't condemn me for misjudging you. You can't throw away what we have, what we are together, because I doubted

She had made a fool of the whole thing by asking old Durnet and Mrs. Goldsmith. The former was practically an imbecile in Mr. Bulmer's opinion—a good many people were practically imbeciles in Mr. Bulmer's opinion.

It's a pity more people are not as brave as the Colonel," said Mrs. Featherstone Hogg with asperity. She had pondered for so long over the horse-whipping business that she was now convinced in her own mind that the whole thing was settled with Colonel Weatherhead. It would have been almost impossible to disabuse her mind of the conviction that Colonel Weatherhead had agreed with alacrity to horse-whip John Smith. Fortunately, nobody present was in a position to try.

thought it would be cool for her to meet my mom. But you know what? It was a fucking dumbass idea. Because you're an embarrassment.

When you assume, you make an ass out of you and umption.

people think they know what they're getting, and they're always wrong.

When a man is not wanted in the village, he is always accused of raising dust even when he falls in a pool of water.

Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster.

L'ennemi est con, il croit que c'est nous l'ennemi alors que c'est lui

I'm saying you have me nestled so comfortingly in your idea of who I am, you have no idea who I actually am.

She was so nice to look at that Joe twice stabbed his left foot when he thought he was spearing a bit of litter, though neither wound was serious enough to require a tetanus shot.

Mousy. It was the only word Travis could think to describe Mary Warner when she stepped off the plane. His heart sank and took a moment to rally itself. Long legs, that was all he'd asked for, and what did he get? Minnie Mouse.

Smith's interpretation was wrong.

All the mistakes I've made have been because I've assumed something and then acted as though it was fact. Very dangerous, Agent Lemieux. Believe me. I wonder if you haven't already leaped to a false conclusion?

She'd found that most boys, even some not very bright men, understimated women.

Things don't always look as they seem. Make of it what you will.

never attribute to malice that which could be explained by stupidity.

Don't ascribe to evil what can be attributed to well-intentioned stupidity.

él es un fantasma recién muerto. Se convirtió en fantasma porque equivocó el momento de su muerte.

Most men do not know me for what I am." "Most men in my experience are fools," he said.

They moaned and squealed, and pressed their snouts to the earth. We are sorry, we are sorry. Sorry you were caught, I said. Sorry that you thought I was weak, but you were wrong.

I was guilty all right. Guilty of stupidity for allowing myself to fall into such a mess.

he misjudged the risks. The result was a disintegration of his forces.

YOU HAVE REALLY MISJUDGED THEM," he lectured me. "PERHAPS WHAT YOU CALL THEIR WILDNESS IS JUST A MATTER OF LACK OF DIRECTION. SOMEONE HAS TO GIVE ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE DIRECTION, YOU KNOW.