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Confusing Quotes (page 22)

In this world one must have a name; it prevents confusion, even when it does not establish identity. Some, though, are known by numbers, which also seem inadequate distinctions. Ambrose Bierce
Zizi was young and often confused about how to live his life, and when he made a choice he clung to it with fierce resolve, as if to beat his uncertainty into submission. Candace Bushnell
John Steinbeck quote: "Henry liked fun and avoided when he could any solemn or..."
Henry liked fun and avoided when he could any solemn or serious matter, for he confused these with sorrow. John Steinbeck
Gustave Flaubert quote: "There are two infinities that confuse me: the one in my soul..."
There are two infinities that confuse me: the one in my soul devours me; the one around me will crush me Gustave Flaubert
In the early ages of the world, according to the scripture chronology, there were no kings; the consequence of which was there were no wars; it is the pride of kings which throws mankind into confusion. Thomas Paine
Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly. Helen Keller
He had a confused sense that she must have cost a great deal to make, that a great many dull and ugly people must, in some mysterious way, have been sacrificed to produce her. Edith Wharton
John Steinbeck quote: "When Mary is confused or perplexed, she spurts anger the way..."
When Mary is confused or perplexed, she spurts anger the way an octopus spurts ink, and hides in the dark cloud of it. John Steinbeck
Haruki Murakami quote: "I spend more time being confused than not? I answered."
I spend more time being confused than not? I answered. Haruki Murakami
George R. R. Martin quote: "Past a certain point, all the dates grow hazy and confused,..."
Past a certain point, all the dates grow hazy and confused, and the clarity of history becomes the fog of legend. George R. R. Martin
I lowered my hands to try to save from disorder the arrangement of the tleaves and flowers; meanwhile, she was also dealing with the branches, leaning forward; and so it happened that at the very moment when one of my hands slipped in confusion between Madame Miyagi's kimono and her bare skin and found itself clasping a soft and warm breast, elongated in form, one of the lady's hands, from among the branches keiyaki [translator's note: in Europe called Caucasian elm], had reached my member... Italo Calvino
The worst readers are those who proceed like plundering soldiers: they pick up a few things they use, soil and confuse the rest, and blaspheme the whole. Friedrich Nietzsche
Moderation? It's mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise. It's the devil's dilemma. It's neither doing nor not doing. It's the wobbling compromise that makes no one happy. Moderation is for the bland, the apologetic, for the fence-sitters of the world afraid to take a stand. It's for those afraid to laugh or cry, for those afraid to live or die. Moderation...is lukewarm tea, the devil's own brew. Dan Millman
His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was F. Scott Fitzgerald
Probably, if I had lately left a good home and kind parents, this would have been the hour when I should most keenly have regretted the separation: that wind would then have saddened my heart; this obscure chaos would have disturbed my peace: as it was I derived from both a strange excitement, and reckless and feverish, I wished the wind to howl more wildly, the gloom to deepen to darkness, and the confusion to rise to clamour. Charlotte Bronte

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