I’m a lion in a strange land.

There is No Pleasure without Pain

You want me to wear a condom?!

Misunderstanding must be nakedly exposed before true understanding can begin to flourish.

I have often misunderstood men grossly, and I have misrepresented them when I understood them, sacrificing sense to make a phrase. Here, of course, is where even the most conscientious critic often goes aground; he...

Telling someone something he does not understand is pointless, even if you add that he will not be able to understand it.

In a language as idiomatically stressed as English, opportunities for misreadings are bound to arise. By a mere backward movement of stress, a verb can become a noun, an act a thing. To refuse, to...

I once overheard someone telling someone else “Don’t confuse kindness with something else.” Even though this was not directed at me, I took heed and never hedged my bets.

To refrain from storytelling is perhaps one of the highest forms of respect we can pay. Those people, with no stories to circle them, can die without being misunderstood.

Don’t you trust me! What good is it if you don’t bloody trust me!

We both smile at the classic misunderstanding. It’s all so cliché-ridden, it’s embarrassing. I wish our story could have some more original twists and turns. Maybe one of us will turn into a vampire or...

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

One age misunderstands another; and a petty age misunderstands all the others in its own nasty way.

Making mathematics accessible to the educated layman, while keeping high scientific standards, has always been considered a treacherous navigation between the Scylla of professional contempt and the Charybdis of public misunderstanding.

Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name.

If the praise of man elates me and his blame depresses me; if I cannot rest under misunderstanding without defending myself if I love to be loved more than to love…then I know nothing of...

There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.””And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody.””And yours,” he replied...

All problems, though appearing outside of you, must be resolved within YOU.

The common man prays, ‘I want a cookie right now!’ And God responds, ‘If you’d listen to what I say, tomorrow it will bring you 100 cookies.

Your mind can go ahead and imagine what it wants to imagine, but a true friend will always remain true, in spite of the false messages running through your mind.

What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.

The friendships and love are mutual understanding, Once misunderstood, it is never got restore.

How devastating it is to be thought of as arrogant. Surely, we have known each other long enough and well enough, for her to understand that my silence only reflects my sense of trust and...

Love is a combination of understanding and misunderstanding. I’m understanding of your flaws, and I’m misunderstanding why you don’t try to be perfect, like I am.

The only side God chooses is one of commonsense. If it doesn’t make sense; it is not God.

In a general sense, I admit to valuing the worldviews of men under the age of 40 and women over the age of 30.

The worst distance between two people is misunderstanding

If you don’t want anyone to misunderstand you, go into yourself and thoroughly investigate and understand yourself. No one will ever misunderstand you ever again.

There’s a common misunderstanding among all the human beings who have ever been born on the earth that the best way to live is to try to avoid pain and just try to get comfortable.

Between two brains, there will always be misunderstandings and lies caused by parasitic smells, drafts and poor-quality reception.

There are those that wonder which is worse: Not being able to reach out or not having anyone to reach for. There are some that ponder which is the greater ache: Not being able to...

You are going to do some really stupid and mean things in the name of love. Don’t be so hard on yourself when things don’t turn out. You are a good person that loved deeply....

John says I musn’t lose my strength, and has me take cod liver oil and lots of tonics and things, to say nothing of ale and wine and rare meat.Dear John! He loves me very...

Those without an idea of who you are make you become what they think.

I’m looking for a man— -There are several suspects in Topeka, Ks. that match that description. Why don’t you try there first?

Supernatural simplicity viewed and perceived with complexity, naturally; many suffer from an outside-in misunderstanding.

Unlock joy in any situation!True understanding and mutual respect do not bridge blames, destructive, negative criticisms, false excuses and gossips. To express disappointments and ill-feelings are normal however to gossip around certain people and events...

How often, you wonder, has the direction of your life been shaped by such misunderstandings? How many opportunities have you been denied–or, for that matter, awarded–because someone failed to see you properly? How many friends...

Whenever you can’t balance what you see with what you believe you have conflict.

It is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones.

It was his fault, all of it, and yet her hatred for him was the worst kind of love, a tortured longing, a misguided wish that made her heart hammer in her chest. She couldn’t...

Don’t answer every critic. Sometimes, the answers you give may be right but misconceived and misunderstood.

In an honest effort to gain understanding, asking questions do not, necessarily, imply a conclusion has been determined. They can be used to avoid making the wrong judgement. If building trust is the ultimate goal...

When the conflict deepens, none will have peace either.

Well, it’s really no use our talking in the way we have been doing if the words we use mean something different to each of us…and nothing.

Somewhere between love and hate lies confusion, misunderstanding and desperate hope.

If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him.

You’ll like it less when you hear what they’ve been building. It’s a big raised platform at the end of the square about two metres above the ground, with steps running up to it.”Like a...

She says: …love is really all that matters. He hears: …really love to do it on the mattress.

Forgiveness is a clean lotion that heals the wounds of misunderstandings! To iron out the differences; get the painful sores dressed up; Forgive and Forget!