Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alberto Manguel

At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader.

Albert Einstein

Only six men in the world know about relativity. I am not one of them. When I ask them to explain, they confused me.

Alfred Korzybski

The map is not the territory, the word is not the thing it describes. Whenever the map is confused with the territory, a 'semantic disturbance' is set up in the organism. The disturbance continues until the limitation of the map is recognized.

Albert Einstein

A woman is always Right. But sometimes confused or may be misinformed or rude or stubborn or senseless or unchangeable about her opinions or even down right stupid at times but NEVER wrong... She is always Right...

French name. English accent. American school. Anna confused.

Alexander Pope

Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain Here earth and water seem to strive again, Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But, as the world, harmoniously confused: Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.

Alexander Pope

Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled,- The glory, jest, and riddle of the world.

I wouldn't say I don't know them. It's just that sometimes I get confused when they run things. I know the plays. I just run the wrong plays at the wrong time.

Grady Sizemore

I was confused for a second. I didn't know what was going on, ... If they were going to give me a choice, I was going to take the homer over the double.

I was confused because one ref signaled that time had expired and the other called a foul, so I wasn't sure.

I was confused and all the material I read got me more confused. With all the things I got in the mail, it was hard to decide.

I think we just royally confused some winter campers.

I think the reason our mission work has grown is because of the 'prayer principle.' If we think we should do something, we pray about it. If we think we need something or someone to go with us, we pray about it. If we are confused or frustrated about our work and teams in Honduras, we pray about it, ... It sure has worked for us.

I think that because Connecticut represents national champions, people should not get confused about what Connecticut is. Connecticut is a national power. They have been defending national champions. What makes Connecticut great is because they represent such greatness and accomplishment. So (a win) would say a lot.

I think that we got a little confused in our marking with our system; we were holding back instead of stepping up.

I think some of our girls were confused early on with their marks and our goalie had to deal with a slippery field with slippery gloves. (Smith) did a good job of getting on the ball, but she couldn't hold on.

Lord Chesterfield

History is only a confused heap of facts

He was distraught. He looked just as confused as I was.

Dick York

Fortunately, I was supposed to look confused and disoriented because, God, I felt that way.

We were confused in the midfield. We talked before the game after dropping back to a 4-5-1, but we didn't execute it as well as we should have.

Abdul Kalam

Most of the time, communication gets confused with conversation. In fact, the two are distinctly different.

Donald Rumsfeld

It is a confused situation in the country,

Mechai Viravaidya

I thought at the time that the prime minister had confused his country with his own family,

Freddy Adu

Our relationship is much better than it's ever been. We're communicating a lot, lot better. If I'm confused about something, I go right to him.

Al Pacino

I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner - and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.

Chogyam Trungpa

In the process of burning out these confusions, we discover enlightenment. If the process were otherwise, the awakened state of mind would be a product dependent upon cause and effect and therefore liable to dissolution. Anything which is created must, sooner or later, die. If enlightenment were created in such a way, there would always be a possibility of ego reasserting itself, causing a return to the confused state. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it.

Chogyam Trungpa

A great deal of chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves. Having never developed sympathy or gentleness toward themselves, they cannot experience harmony or peace within themselves, and therefore, what they project to others is also inharmonious and confused.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

I believe people instinctively know that about writing, yet people get confused about that when it comes to acting.

Chinua Achebe

I have so many ideas; there are so many things that need to be done, so many possibilities, you know; one is terribly excited, but at the same time, you're almost confused, because you don't know where to begin.

I saw a lot of confused looks from the newcomers. I expect that from freshmen. They'll learn quickly because of the number of returnees. They did show some good sparks at different times today.

I saw a lot of confused looks from the newcomers, ... I expect that from freshmen. They'll learn quickly because of the number of returnees. They did show some good sparks at different times today.

People are confused about the United States' stance on the dollar. Until there is a deliberate shift in U.S. policy, the dollar's downtrend could continue.

People are confused about the United States' stance on the dollar, ... Until there is a deliberate shift in U.S. policy, the dollar's downtrend could continue.