Misleading Impression Quotes

It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. I was being economical with the truth.

Don't let the American accent fool you. I am British.

Funny, now I can see, how looks can be deceiving.

Falsehood, like a drawing in perspective, will not bear to be examined in every point of view, because it is a good imitation of truth, as a perspective is of the reality, only in one. But truth, like that reality of which the perspective is the representation, will bear to be scrutinized in all points of view, and though examined under every situation, is one and the same.

Sometimes the given seems like something taken away.

I think people have a warped sense of who I am.

You can spend hours editing an email but send it as if you wrote it in a minute.

Illusion throughout is illusion. There is no end to it, just as there is no end to imagination.

I think people have a misconception of me, period. My life has been a whirlwind sometimes, but it's different to what people think. I definitely feel like there's a misconception about me and who I am.

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

One of the special beauties of America is that it is the only country in the world where you are not advised to learn the language before entering. Before I ever set out for the United States, I asked a friend if I should study American. His answer was unequivocal. "On no account," he said. "The more English you sound, the more likely you are to be believed."

My feet ain't got nothing to do with my nickname, but when folks get it in their heads that a feller's got big feet, soon the feet start looking big.

Reagan conspired in the underestimation of his own ability.

The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.

I had an awkward moment when I got a phone call from the person pretending to be Winnie Mandela. 'Winnie' sounded about 12 years old, unfortunately - she'd probably been pushed to the telephone because she was the only one who spoke English.

He looks like the good boy he's never been.

The movie portrayed me as this person who cussed every 10 seconds, and I don't cuss like that.

You know, it is a terrible thing to appear on television, because people think that you actually know what you're talking about.

I only appear to be dead.

Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear to be bright until you hear them speak.

What is beauty? Beauty is no more than a trick; a delusion; the influence of excited particles and electrons colliding in your eyes, jostling in your brain like a bunch of overeager school children, about to be released on break. Will you let yourself be deluded? Will you let yourself be decieved? -"On Beauty and Falsehood," The New Philosophy, by Ellen Dorpshire