#misunderstood

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#greatness #misunderstood #philosophical

I'm a misunderstood genius." "What's misunderstood?" "Nobody thinks I'm a genius. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#genius #misunderstood #genius

I am greatly misunderstood by politically correct idiots. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#correct #greatly #i #i am #idiots

It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films. ↗

— Bill Forsyth

#films #joy #means #misunderstood #other

I like being misunderstood. ↗

— Lil Wayne

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I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

#guess #i #misunderstood #out #particularly

Anybody who writes doesn't like to be misunderstood. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#like #misunderstood #who #writes

I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy. ↗

— Zayn Malik

#bad #bad boy #bit #boy #i

I think that Scottish people, like Canadians, are often misunderstood and what I like about my Scottish friends and relatives is how quickly it can go from love to anger. It's a great dynamic. ↗

— Mike Myers

#anger #canadians #dynamic #friends #go

In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still. ↗

— Criss Jami

#determination #first-impression #fool #foolish #genius