A delusion is something that people believe in despite a total lack of evidence.
A misconception remains a misconception, even when it is shared by the majority of people.
Certainly I've had the experience of thinking a person was one thing, and finding out they were another.
The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow.
I think people have a different image of me because, you know, they portray me with the idea that models are stupid and dumb; like, 'She can just be a model because she can just be a model - she's dumb and she can't do anything else.'
People always meet me and go, 'You're so much cooler than I thought you'd be,' and I'm like, 'What did you expect me to be like?'
People take the little bit of information they're fed, and they draw a picture of who you are. Most of the time, it's wrong.
It seems to me that we often commit ourselves wholly to something while knowing almost nothing concrete about it. Another word for that, I suppose, is 'faith.'
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
This idea that somehow or another, every idea on its face, because it's an idea, has some validity is ludicrous.
I think people always misjudge me.
There is a myth that is being perpetuated that I am afraid of snakes. And I am not afraid of snakes!
Every man over forty is a scoundrel.