T. S. Eliot Quotes

A mutual misunderstanding.

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

I never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from.

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

There,” she said triumphantly. “Like that.” He began to wonder if they were speaking the same language. “Like what?” “That! What you just said.” He crossed his arms. It seemed the only acceptable reply. If she couldn’t speak in complete sentences, he saw no reason why he had to speak at all.

Does nobody understand?

Did you hear that? I didn't hear anything. Put that question another way.

Not understanding anything is terrible, because I communicate very much in my real life.

I don't want you to misunderstand me. You might get up and state what you believe to be Seventh-day Adventism, and I might not agree with everything you said.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.

No, I had the Levis guy on my wall, not a picture of William, sorry.

It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree.

I am not very good at expressing myself in a simple way so it can create mis-understandings and I hate that.

First of all, we were never not speaking. It's gotten so blown out of proportion. It was a very straightforward difference of opinion. I think because we were so private and refused to talk about it, these stories just got out of control.

Some misunderstandings are hard to cure.

I never said I had no idea about most of the things you said I said I had no idea about.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Any order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood

Sometimes, when I open my mouth, all hell breaks loose. Other times, I feel like a voice in the wilderness and I wonder, 'Does anybody get this?'

A small communication breakdown is enough for everyone to be working on slightly different things. And then you loose focus.

I just—we were talking, and we fell asleep. I swear, we didn’t, um—’’ ‘‘Yeah, you’d better not have ummed.

Miscommunication leads to complication.

I think I get misinterpreted and misunderstood a lot.