Misconstruing Quotes

#1. I soon realized that a student of English literature who does not know the Bible does not understand a good deal of what is going on in what he reads: the most conscientious student will be continually misconstruing the implications, even the meaning.

Northrop Frye

#2. The grandest form of delusion is misconstruing the obvious. Persons with an open, inquisitive, and intuitive mind can detect hidden clues that aggressive, narrow-minded, and impatient rationalist fail to perceive.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#3. The process of leniency involves accepting the reality of the current situation and finding a satisfying meaning therein, as opposed to misconstruing or denying the facts of the situation.

Sandra L. Schneider

#4. Let every girl, let every woman, let every mother here [in Israel]-and there in my country [Egypt]-know we shall solve all our problems through negotiations around the table rather than starting war.

Anwar Sadat

#5. There is nothing new ... everything has roots in the past.

Dave Liebman

#6. Please. Shit sprinkled with sugar was still shit. Baden

Gena Showalter

#7. so also Biblical scholars find themselves in alien territory when they move into the astronomical aspects of the task. What is needed, then, is interdisciplinary work and cooperation between the astronomical and theological communities.

Colin R. Nicholl

#8. Is Kanban, in the words of the manifesto, a way of developing software? No. We

Mike Burrows

#9. It's lovely to get one successful show - the chances of finding a second one are not so hot.

Graham Norton

#10. As I say yes to life, life says yes to me!

Louise Hay

#11. The worst kind of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see- the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it.

Katie McGarry