Quotes for All
Grammar and logic free language from being at the mercy of the tone of voice. Grammar protects us against misunderstanding the sound of an uttered name; logic protects us against what we say have double meaning. Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
Sometimes I feel that every word spoken and every gesture made merely serve to exacerbate misunderstandings. Then what I would really like is to escape into a great silence and impose that silence on everyone else. Etty Hillesum
The most important misunderstanding seems to me to lie in a confusion between the human necessities which I consider part of human nature, and the human necessities as they appear as drives, needs, passions, etc., in any given historical period. Erich Fromm
There has maybe been a poor – a misunderstanding or statements that have maybe hurt, unfortunately. The Mexicans have felt offended by what has been said [by Donald Trump]. But I am certain that his genuine interest is in building a relationship that will provide our mutual societies improved wellbeing. Enrique Pena Nieto
I refer to the misunderstanding of Soviet Russia as an aggressive power, militaristically and ideologically bent upon world domination ‘seeing’, to quote a recent speech of the British Prime Minister, ‘the rest of the world as its rightful fiefdom.’ How any rational person, viewing objectively the history of the last thirty-five years, could entertain this … Read more
There’s an awful lot of misunderstanding here about what being poor actually means. I don’t think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there’s some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything. It is remarkable how … Read more
Why shouldn’t gay people be able to live as open and freely as everybody else? What it comes down to, ultimately, is love. How can anything bad come out of love? The bad stuff comes out of mistrust, misunderstanding and, God knows, from hate and from ignorance. Elizabeth Taylor
Most trouble is unnecessary. Between the indignity of being born and the agony of dying enough bad things must of necessity happen to people. But we can’t be satisfied with that. We have to go to work and see how much additional trouble we can create. Misunderstanding, turmoil, effort put on all the wrong things, … Read more
Seeing the Afghan women in their burqas, it’s easy to say, \”Well, they’re not as fully aware as I am, so why do I have to worry so much about their plight?\” But that’s a misunderstanding. They are brutally aware of their station. Eliza Griswold
If we do anything to further the kingdom of God, we may expect to find what Christ found on that road abuse, indifference, injustice, misunderstanding, trouble of some kind. Take it. Why not? To that you were called. Elisabeth Elliot