misconceptions

white is not always light and black is not always dark.

Americans can't stand any stranger looking them in the face. They take it as an insult. It's something they don't forgive. And every American carries a gun. If they catch you, a stranger, looking them in the face, they will shoot.

The Cream Does NOT Always Rise To The Top! There is a serious misconception, misconnection and mistake in this idea of thinking.

The darkest night in someone's life may be the brightest day in another person's life. Life rests on perceptions and conceptions or missed perceptions and misconceptions. You can choose to make good things out of every challenging circumstance. In contrast, you can also choose to see nothing in a creative opportunity.

All the good times evaporated like naphtha, the moment some air of misconceptions touched it.

Don__ misconceive God; His purpose is for us to enjoy fruits, but He gave us seeds so that we can grow the fruits. Misuse of a seed is a murder of fruits!

We are sitting on top of a vast cultural and historical pyramid of accumulated misconceptions, lies and myths, built one on top of the other.

Westcliff sees an odd sort of logic in why you would finally be the one to win St. Vincent__ heart. He says a girl like you would appeal to_hmm, how did he put it?_I can__ remember the exact words, but it was something like_you would appeal to St. Vincent__ deepest, most secret fantasy._ Evie felt her cheeks flushing while a skirmish of pain and hope took place in the tired confines of her chest. She tried to respond sardonically. __ should think his fantasy is to consort with as many women as possible._ A grin crossed Lillian__ lips. __ear, that is not St. Vincent__ fantasy, it__ his reality. And you__e probably the first sweet, decent girl he__ ever had anything to do with._ __e spent quite a lot of time with you and Daisy in Hampshire,_ Evie countered. That seemed to amuse Lillian further. ____ not at all sweet, dear. And neither is my sister. Don__ say you have been laboring under that misconception all this time?

One of humankind's most enduring misconceptions is that of nature's bounty... the belief that nature is such a powerful force that it is indestructible.

Sometimes people think you__e smart if you question the status quo, if nothing else.

When a woman says she doesn't want to be your fling, it doesn't mean she wants to be your girlfriend either. All the signs and words may just be her way of accommodating you or showing that you're good company, and not because she loves you at all to want more from you.

If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed; but the cleverest, the acutest men are often under an illusion about women: they do not read them in a true light: they misapprehend them, both for good and evil: their good woman is a queer thing, half doll, half angel; their bad woman almost always a fiend.

In researching this book, I quickly discovered a surprising thing about the 1960s: the decade was not nearly as radical as we've been led to believe. In fact, the upheaval was really confined to a very narrow stratum of society. For the overwhelming majority of Americans, the 1960s was a conservative decade.

One of the leading causes of obesity is the misbelief that, when it comes to juice, _100%_ means __ugar-free.

Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal than the elderly.

My point is this _ you don't know. When I was first here, people looked at my hair, noticed apples on my tray, and thought 'hippie.' Then, from 'hippie' they thought 'druggie.' From there it went to 'will get me in trouble' and 'not worth my time,' and then they stopped thinking at all. No one bothered to find out if what they thought about me was true. No one wanted to hear what I thought. No one cared what I believed in. No one cared about talking to me or asking what my plans were for the day or night. And then came you. Don't let what you think you know make him into what I could have been. Don't become someone who doesn't think, just because you don't like him for some reason. Because, quite frankly, I like how you think. Except for now, of course.

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.

And this," cried Darcy, as he walked with quick steps across the room, "is your opinion of me! This is the estimation in which you hold me! I thank you for explaining it so fully.