Misunderstood Quotes - Page 2

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.

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

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.

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

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

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

I like being misunderstood.

Fear is a friend who's misunderstood

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.'

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?

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

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

I'm so used to being misunderstood.

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

Miracle is a misunderstood reality.