Misrepresents Quotes

#1. What we commonly call man, the eating, drinking, planting, counting man, does not, as we know him, represent himself, but misrepresents himself. Him we do not respect, but the soul, whose organ he is, would he let it appear through his action, would make our knees bend.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#2. This is what creationists say of evolution, that it's "only" a theory, it hasn't been proved, as though this in itself is grounds for dismissal. This misrepresents the point of formulating a theory, which is to make sense of some body of evidence.

Daniel Quinn

#3. The poetic does not misrepresent the speech one half so much as the speech misrepresents the soul.

G.K. Chesterton

#4. Literalism involves a fundamental misconception of the mental processes of biblical man and ignorance of his modes of self-expression. It thus misrepresents the purport of the narrative, obscures the meaningful and enduring in it and destroys its relevancy.

Nahum M. Sarna

#5. Many persons have an idea that one cannot be in business and lead an upright life, whereas the truth is that no one succeeds in business to any great extent, who misleads or misrepresents.

John Wanamaker

#6. We both stood a better chance if we took on the world together.

Jeannette Walls

#7. Only gratefulness, in the form of limitless openness for surprise, lays hold of the fullness of life in hope.

David Steindl-Rast

#8. Does your family play games, too?" She tries to sound off-hand.
"No. Just me - and my brother."
Which means her parents are in the casinos, then, leaving this kid in a collapsing mine. Okay, a virtual one, but still.

Nenia Campbell

#9. If you ask God for love,
He may give you someone to forgive.
If you ask God for patience,
He may give you someone to bear.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#10. Smiling at death seems like a pretty bold act. And so I smile like a damned fool.

Emm Cole