Misunderstood Quotes

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 had older brothers and sisters who were high achievers, and I felt different, misunderstood by my family. That's not my family's fault; it was my perception.

Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual.

I am greatly misunderstood by politically correct idiots.

It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

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

There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him.

The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.

I don't look at her like she's a bad girl. She just misunderstood sometime, she's a little troubled, she's a little dysfunctional. She's a survivor.

No people in the history of the world have ever been so misunderstood, so misjudged, and so cruelly maligned.

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

It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood.

Romeo is the most misunderstood character in literature, I think. He's hardcore to play because he's displaying the characteristics of Hamlet at the beginning, and, well, then everything else happens.

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

Scientology is probably one of the most misunderstood things, and it's sad that it's so misunderstood.

We all have times when we go home at night and pull out our hair and feel misunderstood and lonely and like we're falling. I think the brain is such that there is always going to be something missing.

I'm the most misunderstood, misquoted person I know, honestly.

I like being misunderstood.

My favorite thing about New York is the people, because I think they're misunderstood. I don't think people realize how kind New York people are.

If one is rich and one's a woman, one can be quite misunderstood.

The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages.

The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which sparked off another idea that was only slightly better, which somebody else misunderstood in such a way that they then said something which was really rather interesting.

I think that Scottish people, like Canadians, are often misunderstood and what I like about my Scottish friends and relatives is how quickly it can go from love to anger. It's a great dynamic.

My greatest fear is to be misunderstood.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

Anyone who agrees to be interviewed must decide where to draw the line between what is public and what is private. But the line can shift, depending on who is asking the questions. What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being 'found out.' It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood.

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

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

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