The Worlds Most Misconstrued snd Defiled Quotes
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This quote also has another popular meaning:The_AC said:
A path to destruction is paved by those claiming to be intent on good.
Why thank you, Sir.
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Chicks who have wrongly spelled quotes as tattoos!
Something else that's related:
Chicks who have wrongly spelled quotes as tattoos!
Fun sidenote. For many animals that have mating combat between males you will find that the women actually copulate with a weaker male that mates with her while the greater males fight.fix-the-spade said:
In many cases the weaker one gets her preggo, and the stronger one assumes the children are his and protects them.
I wish I remembered the percent, it was pretty sizeable. Maybe I'll google it later
.Don't feel bad I had to read it about 10 times before it clicked.NeutralDrow said:
Unfortunately it still leaves you being very ambiguous. Unless I am misreading it I'd figure that it could easily mean "I am passionate about this topic and couldn't care less about it." Because it is so important to you you physically can't care less about it.orannis62 said:
I'm no English major though so I may be butchering it further.
"Carp Diem" would be Goldfish Day, "Carpe Diem" would be seize the day/moment (IIRC).RAND00M said:
Allah is sometimes translated as "The God" not just "God", but yeah.BudZer said:
Also "Beam me up Scotty." It comes from nowhere, maybe the cartoon, but, its not anywhere in the series.
"Common sense is not so common."
Voltaire didn't mean that people lacked it, he meant that it differed from person to person. The second is a far more accurate, subtle and important point than the first, but people tend erroneously to think he meant that people were stupid.
Voltaire didn't mean that people lacked it, he meant that it differed from person to person. The second is a far more accurate, subtle and important point than the first, but people tend erroneously to think he meant that people were stupid.
One thing that always kind of irks me is how people get this wrong:
I don't expect for everyone to remember the whole thing and repeat it but people always get the last two lines confused. People always say 'don't ask for who' or 'it tolls for you' and I don't think that the people who get it wrong even understand what it's about. It doesn't change the meaning when you make those mistakes but it does dumb it down a bit.
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every
man is a piece of the continent, a part of the
main. If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory
were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or
of thine own were: any man's death diminishes
me, because I am involved in mankind, and
therefore never send to know for whom the bells
tolls; it tolls for thee."
man is a piece of the continent, a part of the
main. If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory
were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or
of thine own were: any man's death diminishes
me, because I am involved in mankind, and
therefore never send to know for whom the bells
tolls; it tolls for thee."
I don't expect for everyone to remember the whole thing and repeat it but people always get the last two lines confused. People always say 'don't ask for who' or 'it tolls for you' and I don't think that the people who get it wrong even understand what it's about. It doesn't change the meaning when you make those mistakes but it does dumb it down a bit.
I don't know if this is pretty common knowlege these days, but i still hear people attribute the quote:
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it
... To Voltaire. He never actually said this, it was Evelyn Beatrice Hall who wrote it as a summary of Voltaire's beliefs in the biography she wrote about him.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it
... To Voltaire. He never actually said this, it was Evelyn Beatrice Hall who wrote it as a summary of Voltaire's beliefs in the biography she wrote about him.
Either can be correct. In one case, there might be even deeper levels of apathy in which case I could, in fact, care less. In the other, one has reached the deepest level of apathy, and as such they are incapable of caring any less then they currently do. Realistically, most of the time the correct version is "I could care less", because if they care enough to respond to an inquiry on the subject then there is clearly at least one step further (ignoring the inquiry altogether).orannis62 said:
Has anyone mentioned the whole beatles thing?
John lennon said more people (worldwide) had heard of the beatles than jesus, and was saying that it was crazy.
People took his statement as "we are a much bigger deal than jesus"
John lennon said more people (worldwide) had heard of the beatles than jesus, and was saying that it was crazy.
People took his statement as "we are a much bigger deal than jesus"
The one I hate the most is:
"Life is good"
No, life sucks, reality bites. Life is good... Why I should smack someone... Someone weaker than me, so I don't get hurt.
"Life is good"
No, life sucks, reality bites. Life is good... Why I should smack someone... Someone weaker than me, so I don't get hurt.
Just to be clear, to misconstrue something is to misunderstand the meaning of something, whilst getting a quotation wrong is a misquotation. Hence you can can misquote something but not misconstrue it, or vice versa or both.
Yes, and when you say "I could care less" you convey no useful information whatsoever. I think this is best summarized by a diagram:Eclectic Dreck said:
"I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six."
Way to often construed as meaning the person rather kill and go to prison than getting killed. However, just because you're on trial it doesn't mean you will go to prison, you could also get a not guilty verdict. If you remove that possibility, you're changing the meaning of the quote considerable. The implication of whether or not making sure your action is legal shall be a priority has reversed. This is a huge difference.
Way to often construed as meaning the person rather kill and go to prison than getting killed. However, just because you're on trial it doesn't mean you will go to prison, you could also get a not guilty verdict. If you remove that possibility, you're changing the meaning of the quote considerable. The implication of whether or not making sure your action is legal shall be a priority has reversed. This is a huge difference.