Misunderstanding Quotes

“He looks at the bathtub, where I’m lounging like Cleo-fucking-patra. He looks at the bubbles surrounding my body like a fluffy white cloud. And then he looks at Winston.
“Dude,” I blurt out. “It’s not what it looks like.”
“Nope, nope, nope, I don’t want to know!” Logan throws his hands in the air and starts backing toward the door as if he accidentally walked into a lion’s den. He halts. Snatches his pants off the rack. Continues backing away. His eyes once again focus on the pink dildo two inches from my hand. I try again. “I promise you, it’s not—” “I don’t want to know.”
― Elle Kennedy, The Score

“I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong, especially after what he achieved, winning seven Tour de France races while on drugs. When I was on drugs, I couldn’t even find my bike.”
― Willie Nelson

“He didn’t want her to know that he didn’t understand, but what he didn’t realize was that she didn’t understand either, so that if he had just told her he didn’t understand, she would have understood, but when he told her he understood, then she didn’t understand.”
― Louis Sachar, Someday Angeline

“It is not only temporality that is concealed although something like time always announces itself; even more well-known phenomena, like that of transcendence, the phenomena of world and being-in-the-world, are covered over. Nevertheless, they are not completely hidden, for the Dasein knows about something like ego and other. The concealment of transcendence is not a total unawareness but, what is much more fateful, a misunderstanding, a faulty interpretation. Faulty interpretations, misunderstandings, put much more stubborn obstacles in the way of authentic cognition than a total ignorance. However, these faulty interpretations of transcendence, of the basic relationship of Dasein to beings and to itself, are no mere defects of thought or acumen. They have their reason and their necessity in the Dasein's own historical existence. In the end, these faulty interpretations must be made, so that the Dasein may reach the path to the true phenomena by correcting them.”
― Martin Heidegger, The Basic Problems of Phenomenology

“Und ich habe wieder bei diesem kleinen Geschäft gefunden, daß Mißverständnisse und Trägheit vielleicht mehr Irrungen in der Welt machen als List und Bosheit. Wenigstens sind die beiden letzteren gewiß seltener.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther

“Pathological liars call a situation a "misunderstanding" most especially when their deceptions return to them as karmic whirlwind.
~ Angelica Hopes, The F. Trilogy”
― Angelica Hopes

“There is no communication that is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.”
― Luigina Sgarro

“A woman like that is misunderstood.
I have been her kind.”
― Anne Sexton

“The fear of being misunderstood is the beginning of mediocrity.”
― Ogwo David Emenike

“He looks at the bathtub, where I’m lounging like Cleo-fucking-patra. He looks at the bubbles surrounding my body like a fluffy white cloud. And then he looks at Winston. “Dude,” I blurt out. “It’s not what it looks like.” “Nope, nope, nope, I don’t want to know!” Logan throws his hands in the air and starts backing toward the door as if he accidentally walked into a lion’s den. He halts. Snatches his pants off the rack. Continues backing away. His eyes once again focus on the pink dildo two inches from my hand. I try again. “I promise you, it’s not—” “I don’t want to know.”
― Elle Kennedy, The Score

“I know that sounds mean to say, but I don't mean it mean.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“You're missing the context of my thoughts. Don't misinterpret.”
― enlatia, Pandemiconium: Viral Conspiracy

“It’s very lonely and sad feeling when you are the Big Box in a relationship. You can fit them but they can’t fit you. You can understand them but they can’t understand you.

The ideal relationship is when one box is just slightly bigger than the other so that they fit like a glove fits in a hand. Then there is no room for insecurities and misunderstandings. Such a match doesn’t come ready-made. Both sides have to surrender to each other to fit into each other.”
― Shunya

“When someone chooses not to understand you, despite your best efforts, you may want to examine whether they are not getting what you are saying or if they simply don’t want to understand you. If it is the latter, Life is so much simpler for both of you – there is no need to invest any more time and energy in striving for that understanding. The brutal truth that you often fail to confront is the fact that someone who is keen not to understand you, perhaps never will, no matter how hard you try!”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“It is often in our best interest not to understand, to misunderstand, or to pretend not to understand.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Stop mispronouncing your misunderstandings as my mistakes”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“There is so much we don't understand. And so much unhappiness comes because of that.”
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple

“In there, the music was slightly less deafening, so Cara didn’t have to yell when she said, “Holy crap, are you okay? I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to abandon you. I thought you were dancing alone and then I turned around and they had their dirty paws all over you and—”

“Cara.” Meg grabbed her hands and gave them a squeeze. “Cara, I’m good. They asked to dance. I said yes. It’s good.”

“They…” If anything, Cara’s eyes went wider. “Oh shit, I am the worst wingwoman in the history of wingwomen. You were getting busy, weren’t you? Look at you, you’re all flushed.” She laughed and leaned against the counter. “God, I thought you were freaked out and couldn’t escape and that’s why you looked like that. But it was lust.” She gave Meg a playful smack. “Get it, girl!”
― Katee Robert, Theirs for the Night

“Mental islands are very dangerous.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Darling, I know there is a seed of anger in you. I know that every time I water that seed, you suffer and you make me suffer too. So I make a vow to refrain from watering the seed of anger in you. I also promise not to water the seed of anger in me. Can you make the same commitment? In our daily lives, let’s not read, view, or consume anything that waters the seeds of anger and violence in us. You know that the seed of anger in me is quite big enough. Every time you do or say something that waters it, I suffer and I make you suffer. So let’s not water these seeds in each other.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Fidelity: How to Create a Loving Relationship That Lasts

“It does not take more than one thoughtless phrase to hurt someone.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Fidelity: How to Create a Loving Relationship That Lasts

“For men led by the Colour, and the Shape,
Like Zeuxes Birds fly to the painted Grape;
Some things do through our Judgment pass
As through a Multiplying Glass.
And sometimes, if the Object be too far,
We take a Falling Meteor for a Star.”
― Abraham Cowley, The Poems of Abraham Cowley

“We're in and out in five minutes tops," I reminded everyone. "Just like the studio. Five minutes of rock and roll. Ax? You keep us honest, okay?"
”
― K.A. Applegate, The Weakness

“We're in and out in five minutes tops," I reminded everyone. "Just like the studio. Five minutes of rock and roll. Ax? You keep us honest, okay?"
"”
― K.A. Applegate, The Weakness

“We're in and out in five minutes tops," I reminded everyone. "Just like the studio. Five minutes of rock and roll. Ax? You keep us honest, okay?"
"Of course. But I was not aware that we would be involved in perpetrating a deception.”
― K.A. Applegate, The Weakness

“Buddy sought out Irene’s eyes with a classic Buddy look: mystified and sorrowful, like a cocker spaniel who’d finally eviscerated his great enemy, only to find everyone angry and taking the side of the couch pillow.”
― Daryl Gregory, Spoonbenders

“– Вот в этом-то все и дело, – вспыхнул Д., – в непонимании! Каждый отделен от другого стеной непонимания! И отсюда все обиды, ненависть, ложь и невозможность любви. Вот первопричина зла, живущего в человечестве. А единицей непонимания является слово. Вы произносите слово и вкладываете в этот дрожащий кусочек воздуха свой сокровенный смысл, исходящий из опыта прожитой вами до этого слова жизни, и с каждой минутой, с каждым вздохом меняется смысл произносимого. Даже если вы будете твердить одно и то же. Одно и то же слово, сказанное вами в начале жизни и в конце, означает совсем разные вещи. А это значит, что не только другой не может понять говорящего, не прожив его жизни, но и вам недоступно понять себя ни прошлого, ни будущего. Вот отчего все говорят что-то, и никто никого не понимает. И чем больше слов, тем сильнее путаница!”
― Mikhail Shishkin, Взятие Измаила

“It’s found in several works and referenced by several authors, but I call it the Principle of Best Intention. It works like this: No matter what it looks like, always begin by assuming your partner has your best interests at heart. Assume they mean only good toward you. That principle effortlessly disarms offense, minimizes misunderstandings, softens hard words, and sweetens bitter attitudes. Suddenly, trust runs deeper and love flows stronger, all because we choose to recognize the good.”
― Jeremy Gove, Let's Be Honest: Living a Life of Radical, Biblical Integrity

“Demonstrating once again the importance of the lowly comma, this telegram was sent from a wife to her husband: "NOT GETTING ANY, BETTER COME HOME AT ONCE.”
― Anonymous

“Unfortunately, missing the author’s point, or not understanding the book, is not enough to prevent one from reviewing and/or rating it.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana