Misunderstanding Quotes

• Now the basest thought possible concerning man is, that he has no spiritual nature; and the foolishest misunderstanding of him possible is, that he has, or should have, no animal nature. For his nature is nobly animal, nobly spiritual,--coherently and irrevocably so; neither part of it may, but at its peril, expel, despise, or defy the other.

  

  John Ruskin
  • Animal
  • Misunderstanding
  • Spiritual Nature

• I don't think I ever really decided I was an artist. I went to college to learn how to think and look at art. In the end, I developed a more sophisticated misunderstanding of art.

  

  Gavin Turk
  • Art
  • College
  • Misunderstanding

• Perhaps the most widespread misunderstanding of economics is that it applies solely to financial transactions. Frequently this leads to statements that "there are noneconomic values" to consider. There are, of course, noneconomic values. Indeed, there are only noneconomic values. Economics is not a value itself but merely a method of trading off one value against another.

  

  Thomas Sowell
  • Financial
  • Values
  • Economics

• My religion is my whole life. I love sharing it with people and clearing up any misunderstandings people might have about our Church.

  

  Carmen Rasmusen
  • Life
  • Church
  • Might

• 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, and then more misunderstanding.

  

  Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett
  • Trouble
  • Create
  • Satisfied

• I'm concerned with China growing at double or triple the rate of the West, that there will be tensions. One needs to do something to start addressing misunderstandings and frustration.

  

  Stephen A. Schwarzman
  • Frustration
  • Concerned
  • Rate

• My honors are misunderstanding, pesecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.

  

  Thomas Eakins
  • Honor
  • Neglect
  • Misunderstanding

• I taught in the Academy from the opening of the schools until I was turned out, a period much longer than I should have permitted myself to remain there. My honors are misunderstanding, persecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.

  

  Thomas Eakins
  • School
  • Honor
  • Neglect

• A feeling that greater possessions, no matter of what kind they may be, will of themselves bring contentment or happiness, is a misunderstanding. No person, place, or thing can give you happiness. They may give you cause for happiness and a feeling of contentment, but the JOY of Living comes from within.

  

  Genevieve Behrend
  • Giving
  • Feelings
  • Matter

• Some couples divorce because of a misunderstanding; others, because they understand each other too well.

  

  Evan Esar
  • Divorce
  • Misunderstanding

• Friction and misunderstandings often occur when communicating across generations. It gets even more challenging when working across virtual settings.

  

  Raymond Arroyo
  • Generations
  • Communicate
  • Setting

• The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change.

  

  Edwin H. Friedman
  • Change
  • Assumption
  • Misunderstanding

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