Quotes About Mistaken

Therein lay the flaw, and the flaw of life itself. Life is a long failure of understanding, Mrs Palmer thought, a long mistaken shutting of the heart.

This is written in miserable doggerel verse. That Defoe should have mistaken it for poetry, and should have prided himself upon it accordingly, is only a proof of how incompetent an author is to pass judgment upon what is good and what is bad in his own work.

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Forgive me if I'm wrong. But are you-were you-did you come here on a train from New York about ten years ago?

More than friends, eh? More than friends... You know, my mother once told me that half of the hatred that springs up between people is rooted in this mistaken belief that there's any human relationship more sacred than friendship.

Half of the hatred that springs up between people is rooted in their mistaken belief there is any human relationship more sacred than friendship..

More than friends, eh? More than friends . . . You know, my mother once told me that half of the hatred that springs up between people is rooted in this mistaken belief that there's any human relationship more sacred than friendship.

In the Course, we do not first assume that another person really deserves our anger but then go ahead and "forgive" her anyway. Rather, we realize that our anger is based on a mistaken perception of her, and so we let that perception go. We forgive, in other words, by realizing "that there is nothing to forgive."11 This kind of forgiveness is so egoless that, in our ego-bound state, we need the help of the Holy Spirit, God's Voice in the dream, to complete it.

It was one of those things that one knows but cannot even tell oneself - so dreadful and shameful it would be to be mistaken.

He could not admit that he had known the truth then and was now mistaken, because as soon as he began to think calmly about it, the whole thing fell to pieces; nor could he admit that he had been mistaken then, because he cherished his state of soul at that time, and by admitting that it had been due to weakness he would have profaned those moments.

He'd thought he'd known what his future looked like, but he'd been mistaken. His life would be something else now. He was starting over, only he didn't think he had the strength to start over. He didn't know if he could stand up.

An entire generation now regards Nirvana as its version of the Beatles. They are of course hopelessly mistaken, but I would not recommend you tell them so.

Surprisingly few outsiders know about the Cuckmere Valley, and it is not uncommon for people to confuse Alfriston with Alfreton in the Derbyshire Peak District.

Those who distinguish civil from theological intolerance are, to my mind, mistaken

When men are considered for leadership positions, the same traits that predict their downfall are commonly mistaken - even celebrated - as a sign of leadership or talent.

Sometimes I think that love is a case of mistaken identity.

On that trip it was my good fortune to be wrong; being mistaken is the essence of the traveler's tale.

Photography is a witness against the mistaken opinion that art is an imitation of nature.

Mr. Crepsley What are you doing? Darren Looking for fangs. Mr. Crepsley We do not grow fangs, you ass!

The British signal system was archaic. In battle, British ships hoisted enormous 'battle ensigns' to prevent them from being mistaken for the other side, but the signal flags remained as small as ever, and easy to misinterpret in the heat of battle.

a harried commuter is mistaken for Christ by a child he knocks over.

The whole quantum setup ends up being embarrassing in the special way something pretentious is embarrassing when it's also wrong. Better

I, sir, am Dromio; command him away. I, sir, am Dromio; pray, let me stay.

The temptation to tell a Chief in a great position the things he most likes to hear is one of the commonest explanations of mistaken policy.