Marion Cotillard Quotes

If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.

It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.

We find few disputes, that are not founded on some ambiguity in the expression [thereof].

I think I get misinterpreted and misunderstood a lot.

It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.

Translation is the art of failure.

I have to be clear with myself and very conscious of what I am trying to say. Misunderstandings will always take place; it's unavoidable.

I'm sorry I can't speak very coherently.

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

I cannot be understood in three minutes.

It's hard for me to articulate myself.

We have to realize that when we talk in front of other people about things only we can understand, those people will not be able to avoid getting wrong impressions.

I have always been communicative. I can't help it if I have been misunderstood. Sometimes, people don't like straight answers.

Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne.

If I wanted you to understand it, I would have explained it better.

But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?

Everything that can be said, can be said clearly.

The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it.

I never want to confuse people or go over their heads.

Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking.

I'm so misunderstood!

The problem with merely writing so that you can be understood is that the wrong people, in advancing their agendas, are only too ready to misunderstand you. Writing so that you cannot be misunderstood anticipates and preempts those who would willfully distort what you are trying to say.

When we use terms we get confused, yet we have no other way.

Good dialogue is very important.