Quotes About Misinterpretation

I'm very shy and awkward; I can't have a normal conversation, and then people think I'm being a bit rude, but really I'm not.

If you're a woman and a guy's ever said anything romantic to you, he just left off the second part that would have made you sick if you could have heard it.

Def Jam commented on one of my Instagram photos once, and all my friends me hit me up, like 'Yoooooo, you signed to Def Jam?'

Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.

The ones doing that, counting me out, are going to look silly.

Things can fool you sometimes.

A lot of people were mistaken about a lot of things.

It's not a good idea to let on about extreme happy feelings. People get ideas.

Whether the photograph is understood as a naïve object or the work of an experienced artificer, its meaning—and the viewer's response—depends on how the picture is identified or misidentified; that is, on words.

what the hell did you do to Detective Dean? She talks about you like she thinks you're the devil. Did you really tell her the Partridge Family were potential suspects?" I cleared my throat. "That was a misunderstanding." "She thinks you're deliberately trying to make fools out of them." I said shortly, "It wouldn't be hard. But no.

You're twisting my words." "I think you are doing a fine job of twisting them yourself.

Precisely!" Anthony roared. "Good God, I know exactly what is going on in his brain right now, and it has nothing to do with poetry and roses." Simon pictured laying Daphne down on a bed of rose petals. "Well, maybe roses," he murmured.

It was not his fault if she had misinterpreted his words and thought that he was physically unable to sire brats.

It seems a little self-involved to be like, 'Oh, he's hitting on me.' Maybe he's just trying to start up an innocent conversation.

People don't always read things the way they are intended.

If you're billed as a comedian, people will accept anything you say as light-hearted and not with intent behind it.

The frustrating part of being an artist is that I can do a whole interview, and all most people are going to see is the headlines. As artists, we should be able to write our own headlines.

I get accused of talking about records. But it's the guys who interview me who ask about them.

As an artist, sometimes you'd rather not do the interview. You might feel the interviewer isn't educated on you... or what you're about.

the Devil can quote scripture for his own purpose'.

You shouldn't believe anything you hear standing outside a plywood window. Everyone knows plywood distorts vowels...words...sayings." -Ariel

I with they'd stop thinking that I wanted any extra man", she said, and the cat arched ever so slightly and slept on.

At some point, someone must have yelled "Good job, Kaz!," which my father interpreted as "You should go on television and win a fortune!" Bowling

None of us is fully able to perceive the truth that shines through another person's window, nor the falsehood that we may perceive as truth. Thus, we can easily mistake another's good for evil, and our own evil for good.