Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.
Francis BaconThere is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
Jack LondonAll my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.
Harry S. TrumanPolitically, the world is so confused right now – there’s so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.
Alice WalkerYoung men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
Joseph AddisonWe live in a bewildering world.
Stephen HawkingWhen you really don’t like a guy, they’re all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they’re no longer interested.
Beyonce KnowlesLove is the missing factor; there is a lack of affection, of warmth in relationship; and because we lack that love, that tenderness, that generosity, that mercy in relationship, we escape into mass action, which produces further confusion, further misery.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiThe figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom… in a clarification of life – not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.
Robert FrostVoters quickly forget what a man says.
Richard M. NixonI listen to these comparisons with Cristiano Ronaldo, I’ll be happy and then forget it in five seconds.
Sunil ChhetriMany people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.
Joyce MeyerIt’s amazing how confused and distracted and misdirected so many people are.
Stephen CoveyAs every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself.
Leonardo da VinciISIS is not an existential threat to something happening to someone in the United States of America. It’s a serious problem overseas, but it’s confusing and frightening.
Joe BidenConversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.
Dalai LamaThings may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunate; but eventually they are quite clear, and by these and the degree of alchemy that he possesses, he will endure or be forgotten.
Ernest HemingwayI live on a one-way street that’s also a dead end. I’m not sure how I got there.
Steven WrightSometimes I don’t use the words ‚will‘ and ‚want‘ in the right way. The German word ‚will‘ is the English word ‚want,‘ so that’s a little bit of the problem.
Jurgen KloppOn the whole, we think of our consumers – other judges, lawyers, the public. The law that the Supreme Court establishes is the law that they must live by, so all things considered, it’s better to have it clearer than confusing.
Ruth Bader GinsburgNot only do I not know what’s going on, I wouldn’t know what to do about it if I did.
George CarlinThere are many people who do not know if the U.S. Army has 60,000 men or 6 million. They do not have a clue about that.
Jim MattisThe attempt and not the deed confounds us.
William ShakespeareThe other day I… uh, no, that wasn’t me.
Steven WrightI simply can’t build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death… I think… peace and tranquillity will return again.
Anne FrankConfusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
Albert EinsteinIf you can’t convince them, confuse them.
Harry S. TrumanOK, I have a nickname. My family calls me ‚Trey‘ because I’m William the third. My dad has the same name, which is always confusing because my dad is well known, and I’m also known.
Bill GatesRight now I’m having amnesia and deja vu at the same time… I think I’ve forgotten this before.
Steven WrightTo forget one’s purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.
Friedrich NietzscheThere are many things that I don’t understand.
Billy GrahamI make such big efforts to forget things and I can’t tell the story of my life because, thank God, I’m still living it.
Karl LagerfeldI’m a spokesman for myself. It just so happens that there’s a bunch of people that are concerned with what I have to say. I find that frightening at times because I’m just as confused as most people. I don’t have the answers for anything.
Kurt CobainWashington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first place.
Harry S. TrumanNo memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.
Robert FrostIn my experience, many people confuse being cowardly with being nice.
Robert KiyosakiBut men are men; the best sometimes forget.
William ShakespeareOne morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know.
Groucho MarxFrank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
Benjamin DisraeliWhen I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn’t believe in.
Lana Del ReyPart of what confuses people in times of upheaval is that you’re getting so many different points of view and directions and so and so, how to do this and do that. And a lot of it is written in a language that honestly most people cannot understand.
Alice WalkerI got this powdered water – now I don’t know what to add.
Steven WrightHistory shows us that in times of people feeling like they are in need of some sort of rebellion or protests, the artists rise because the poetry we create about pain and its relationship to culture in the world begins to soothe and heal people who are feeling confused or afraid.
Lady GagaI never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.
Marcus Tullius CiceroLet a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I perceive a sandy cat filching a piece of fish in the background. Look, you have forgotten the cat, I say.
Virginia WoolfHoles in the memory. You grab on to some things, others have completely disappeared.
Paul AusterThe more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it.
Mark TwainI say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.
Jean-Paul SartreI used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.
Albert EinsteinIt was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You’d wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?
John LennonI bought some instant water one time but I didn’t know what to add to it.
Steven WrightI’ve got a terrible memory; it’s probably because I’m always concentrating on what I’m doing now.
Vivienne WestwoodI confused things with their names: that is belief.
Jean-Paul SartreMy secret to staying young… Having no sense of time.
Steven WrightI’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not. I’m really confused now.
Jackie ChanIf the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.
Lao TzuIf it’s hard to remember, it’ll be difficult to forget.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerBlessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.
Friedrich NietzscheA retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
Elbert HubbardI actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you’re trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you’re giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you’re trying to do?
Bill Gates