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Quotes About Misplacement

And the various holds and rolls and throws and breakfallsSomehow or other I always seemed to putIn the wrong place. And as for war, my warsWere global from the start.
~ Henry Reed
The speaker over my head crackled, "There has been a Bell-Atlantic pager misplaced. If anyone has found it, please make this known to a flight attendant." It's under my left foot and you're never seeing it again.
~ Henry Rollins
All of it just confirmed his belief that his real life, the life he should be living, had been mislaid through some clerical error by the cosmic bureaucracy. This couldn't be it. It had been diverted elsewhere, to somebody else, and he'd been issued this shitty substitute faux life instead
~ Lev Grossman
it just confirmed his belief that his real life, the life he should be living, had been mislaid through some clerical error by the cosmic bureaucracy.
~ Lev Grossman
All of it just confirmed his belief that his real life, the life he should be living, had been mislaid through some clerical error by the cosmic bureaucracy
~ Lev Grossman
This type of thing was always happening to John-Paul. Last time he went overseas he'd left his laptop in a cab. The man lost things constantly. Wallets, phones, keys, his wedding ring. His possessions just slid right off him.
~ Liane Moriarty
Astronomers say the universe is finite, which is a comforting thought for those people who can't remember where they leave things.
~ Unknown
The worst of being sacked is you can never find your car.
~ Anthony Eden
A genius in the wrong position could look like a fool.
~ Unknown
Ellen Gorman purchased several boxes of cereal so that the family could eat quickly on the run. But when it came time to eat the cereal, no one could locate the boxes. They were later found in the fridge, freezer, and oven.
~ Unknown
when Ellen Gorman was getting into the shower, she would place her towel and hairbrush on the counter near the shower. But when she got out of the shower, they were gone. The items would then turn up in odd places in other parts of the house.
~ Unknown
Perhaps you've experienced a similar kind of disorientation — you thought you knew where you were in relation to something (or someone), only to look up and have no idea where they went.
~ Craig Groeschel
I think when you're on a show that takes place in N.Y.C. but film it in L.A. there is just a vibe that feels wrong.
~ Merritt Wever
It's a bad day when my glasses are M.I.A.
~ Unknown
The world is full of bright men who know all the right things to say and who say them in the wrong place.
~ Unknown
That really annoying moment when you can't find the long side of the blanket.
~ Unknown
He was in a gigantic circular bed, with a pink canopy over it. In all the luxuriant femininity of that big bedroom, George looked shrunken and misplaced, like a dead worm in a birthday cake.
~ John D. MacDonald
I'm a misplaced American, but don't know where I was misplaced
~ Ruby Wax
I couldn't find the remote control to the remote control.
~ Steven Wright
If she were neater, she might not have to resort to panic searches when she misplaced important things.
~ Unknown
O el malestar penetrante que a menudo nos amarga hasta los instantes más preciosos es el resultado de buscar la felicidad en el lugar equivocado?
~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
25 And the Lord spake unto the Angel that guarded the eastern gate, saying 'Where is the flaming sword that was given unto thee?' 26 And the Angel said, 'I had it here only a moment ago, I must have put it down some where, forget my own head next.' 27 And the Lord did not ask him again.
~ Neil Gaiman
Put something in the wrong place, and even though it is still there—quite possibly smack under your nose—it can vanish for the rest of time.
~ Paul Auster
Maybe a person can be born to the wrong people," he said. "Maybe a person should have been put somewhere else.
~ Peter Høeg