Quotes by Misunderstood These, too, seem to me so ambiguous, so vague, so easily misunderstood in comparison to genuine music, which fills the soul with a thousand things better than words. Felix Mendelssohn genuinemisunderstoodsoul Did you ever have a conversation with someone who misunderstood everything you had to say? It's exhausting, and the ironic part is that the more you try and explain yourself, the more mixed up things become. Your best friend knows when you're kidding, venting, and tired. He or she knows you and therefore doesn't read into the things you say. Francois Mauriac misunderstoodtiredbest-friend Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings. Francois Truffaut hitchcockwhole-lifemisunderstood All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're obliged to overstate their own importance. Francois Truffaut misunderstooddirectorslying Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union. Frank Lloyd Wright misunderstooddesignspiritual Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood. Friedrich Nietzsche being-misunderstoodthinkermisunderstood Like mothers, taxes are often misunderstood, but seldom forgotten George Bramwell, 1st Baron Bramwell irsmisunderstoodmother Scientists in general tend to have what I would call a bit of hubris that the public do not necessarily understand. So scientists some times make claims that are misunderstood by the public. George Coyne hubrisscientistmisunderstood ... when we are misunderstood it is always our own fault. What the reader wants most of all is to be able to grasp what we think; but you loftily refuse to comply. George Sand misunderstoodablethinking I find that socialism is often misunderstood by its least intelligent supporters and opponents to mean simply unrestrained indulgence of our natural propensity to heave bricks at respectable persons. George Bernard Shaw misunderstoodintelligentmean Those who think that metaphysics is just misunderstood grammar will react to my giving metaphysics some place or another in the system of knowledge. Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra misunderstoodgivingthinking Worship has been misunderstood as something that arises from a feeling which "comes upon you," but it is vital that we understand that it is rooted in a conscious act of the will, to serve and obey the Lord Jesus Christ. Graham Kendrick misunderstoodfeelingsjesus Hip-hop has always been chronologically misunderstood. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five misunderstoodhipship-hop In the glad old days, before the rise of modern morbidities...it used to be thought a disadvantage to be misunderstood. Gilbert K. Chesterton modernmisunderstoodused My friend Heinrich Zimmer of years ago used to say, 'The best things can't be told,' because they transcend thought. 'The second best are misunderstood,' because those are the thoughts that are supposed to refer to that which can't be thought about, and one gets stuck in the thoughts. 'The third best are what we talk about.' Heinrich Zimmer second-bestmisunderstoodyears To make a man perfectly happy tell him he works too hard, that he spends too much money, that he is "misunderstood" or that he is "different;" none of this is necessarily complimentary, but it will flatter him infinitely more than merely telling him that he is brilliant, or noble, or wise, or good. Helen Rowland misunderstoodwisemen To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand. Henri Frederic Amiel misunderstoodlove-ismen At the bottom of all these noble races the beast of prey, the splendid blond beast, prowling about avidly in search of spoil and victory. Friedrich Nietzsche misunderstoodvictoryrace Records can be destroyed if they do not suit the prejudices of ruling cliques, lost if they become incomprehensible, distorted if a copyist wishes to impose a new meaning upon them, misunderstood if we lack the information to interpret them. The past is like a huge library, mostly fiction. Henry Ford librarymisunderstoodpast Most of the things I do are misunderstood. Hey, after all, being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses, is it not? Howard Stern misunderstoodfategenius«1234567891011»
