Popular Misconception Quotes

#1. Repentance, contrary to popular misconception, is not a heroic first step I make toward Christ, nor is it a feeling-sorry-for my sins. It is the divine gift of being turned toward truth. William Willimon

Gary L. Thomas

#2. Contrary to the popular misconception, the actor is not necessarily a specialist in imitating or portraying what he knows about other people. On the contrary, the actor may simply be a person who's more willing than others to reveal some truths about himself.

Wallace Shawn

#3. Contrary to popular misconception, Islam does not mean peace but rather means submission to the commands of Allah alone. Therefore, Muslims do not believe in the concept of freedom of expression, as their speech and actions are determined by divine revelation and not based on people's desires.

Anjem Choudary

#4. There's that popular misconception of man as something between a brute and an angel. Actually man is in transit between brute and God.

Norman Mailer

#5. Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life.

Woodrow Wilson

#6. What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?

Soren Kierkegaard

#7. Life is here to teach us, so be a good student. Mistakes are the only way we learn.

Dannika Dark

#8. People are too prone to think that the actual is the limit of possibility. They believe that all that has been done is all that can be done.

Helen Keller

#9. As a child, my wife hated her school and wished she could leave. Years later, when she was in her twenties, she disclosed this unhappy fact to her parents, and her mother was aghast: 'But darling, why didn't you come to us and tell us?' Lalla's reply is my text for today: 'But I didn't know I could.

Richard Dawkins

#10. I've seen the devastating effects of acting before seeking God's will.

Norma Gail

#11. I'm saying what a lot of people would want to say but are too embarrassed.

Alanis Morissette

#12. I've always been a late bloomer. My body developed late. From ninth to 10th grade, I grew like 3 inches. Just kind of stretched out. I was like 6-1, grew to 6-4 in 10th grade.

Paul Pierce

#13. There is no doubt that Einstein's pipe was his closest associate, while others--including wife and family--were never permitted the illusion that they would ever be at the center of his life.

Palle Yourgrau

#14. As I'm not currently being chased, I see no need to run.

Chloe Neill

#15. I'm not educated as a filmmaker, so it's quite a jump for me.

Anton Corbijn

#16. If fate doesn't make you laugh, you just don't get the joke.

Gregory David Roberts