Quotes About Barking At The Wrong Tree

#1. This is a little off subject, but I'm interested in those cases where someone is barking up the wrong tree, or misapplying their talent.

David Salle

#2. Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace. Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.

Aung San Suu Kyi

#3. Organization isn't about perfection; it's about efficiency, reducing stress and clutter, saving time and money and improving your overall quality of life.

Christina Scalise

#4. When you go and create something, you want to believe in it. If they don't, we're barking up the wrong tree. But when you believe in something and you see other people believing in it too, it just feels like you're doing something right in the world, and that feels good.

Zachary Levi

#5. Human evolution has two steps -
from being somebody to being nobody;
and from being nobody to being everybody.
This knowledge can bring
sharing and caring throughout the world.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#6. If you are barking up the wrong tree, it doesn't mean you are acting like a dog. You may be accusing the wrong person, accepting the wrong explanation, or looking for something where you are not likely to find it.

Peter Bengelsdorf

#7. As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago?

Hjalmar Branting

#8. The present situation in physics is as if we know chess, but we don't know one or two rules.

Richard P. Feynman

#9. Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you're barking up the wrong tree.

Billy Gibbons

#10. I exercise regularly; I make it a point to spend some time in the gym. It is important for people to enjoy their exercises, so choose a form of exercise that makes you happy.

Rain

#11. If you were a kid actor, if you had any plans of being an actor as an adult, you were really barking up the wrong tree.

Susan Olsen

#12. Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.

Taylor Dane

#13. It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

Joseph Wood Krutch

#14. Truly, art is embedded in nature; he who can extract it, has it.

Albrecht Durer

#15. When we talk about settling the world's problems, we're barking up the wrong tree. The world is perfect. It's a mess. It has always been a mess. We're not going to change it. Our job is to straighten out our own lives.

Joseph Campbell

#16. Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life.

George Monbiot