Misunderstood Quotes

Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred...unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood.

I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.

Well, I think there are no villains in this world. There are just misunderstood heroes.

You have to put up with the risk of being misunderstood if you are going to try to communicate.

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.

Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderstood. People are going to wonder why you're trying to be different; it's just a natural instinct.

Brussels sprouts are misunderstood - probably because most people don't know how to cook them properly.

Nothing can prepare you for living or working with a sociopathic serial bully. It is the most devastating, draining, misunderstood, and ultimately futile experience imaginable.

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.

It isn’t easy being a brilliant inventor, always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed. -Hephaestus

I live in terror of not being misunderstood.

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.

I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood. Don't degrade me into the position of giving you useful information. Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

More has been screwed up on the battlefield and misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of understanding of the English language than any other single factor.

I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.

Failure's relative. I've always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something's not right about that. It's how you treat failure, too. There's something to learn from it. I've had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures: What kind of failure was it? A failure because it's misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?

A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.

I'm so misunderstood that people misunderstand me even when I tell them I'm misunderstood.

What nearly everybody in my life had misunderstood about Satanism was that it is not about ritual sacrifices, digging up graves and worshipping the devil. The devil doesn't exist. Satanism is about worshipping yourself, because you are responsible for your own good and evil.

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.

I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.

Entrepreneurs must be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.

Donkeys are the most misunderstood and abused animals around the world.

Not everybody will get it. People will misinterpret you and what you do. They might even call you names. So get comfortable with being misunderstood, disparaged, or ignored -- the trick is to be too busy doing your work to care.

Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood.

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band's lead singer, Eric Burdon. "So you're the honky," she said, "who stole my song and got a hit out of it?

'Studying the Way' is just a figure of speech, a method of arousing people's interest in the early stages of their development. In fact, the Way is not something which can be studied. Study leads to the retention of concepts, and so the Way is entirely misunderstood

My misfortune is doubly painful to me because it will result in my being misunderstood. For me there can be no recreation in the company of others, no intelligent conversation, no exchange of information with peers; only the most pressing needs can make me venture into society. I am obliged to live like an outcast.

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.

I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.

The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.

It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.

Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.

Don't make misrepresentations to anyone you deal with. If you believe the other person may have misunderstood you, correct any misunderstanding you find exists. Honesty is integral to ethical behavior, and trustworthiness is essential for good, lasting relationships.

A writer who is in a hurry to be understood today or tomorrow runs the danger of being misunderstood the day after tomorrow.

To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding.

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.'

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

I like being misunderstood.

If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.

Jonathan sighed. The price of being misunderstood, he thought. They call you devil or they call you god.

Most of the things I do are misunderstood. Hey, after all, being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses, is it not?

Fear is a friend who's misunderstood

I have nothing to explain. As for being misunderstood, I have grown accustomed to that.

Miracle is a misunderstood reality.

I'm so used to being misunderstood.

I'm a big fan of the misunderstood, the vilified, the underdog, the breaking of myths.