A Quote by Neil Gaiman

We often confuse what we wish for with what is.

Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman
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Born: November 10, 1960

Cliche refers to words, commonplace to ideas. Cliche describes the form or the letter, commonplace the substance or spirit. To confuse them is to confuse the thought with the expression of the thought. The cliche is immediately perceivable; the commonplace very often escapes notice if decked out in original dress. There are few examples, in any literature, of new ideas expressed in original form. The most critical mind must often be content with one or the other of these pleasures, only too happy when it is not deprived of both at once, which is not too rarely the case.

Remy de Gourmont

I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.

John le Carre

We very often confuse personality with leadership.

Simon Sinek

Churches often confuse loyalty with competence.

Phil Cooke

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.

Benjamin Disraeli

People often confuse self-respect with arrogance. I believe that there is a very thin line between the two. Balance between the two is often what leads to happiness.

Sonali Bendre

I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.

Brenda Blethyn

Human humour often consists of pretending to wish something does not really wish.

Katherine Applegate

Lectures often confuse our kids, but the example we set is crystal clear.

Zig Ziglar

Very often, people confuse simple with simplistic. The nuance is lost on most.

Clement Mok

Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.

Hillary Clinton

I often wish for the end of the wretched remnant of my life; and that wish is a rational one; but then the innate principle of self-preservation, wisely implanted in our natures, for obvious purposes, opposes that wish, and makes us endeavour to spin out our thread as long as we can, however decayed and rotten it may be.

Lord Chesterfield

One of my biggest problems is I get bored too easily, and I like to experiment too much, to the point where I confuse myself and I confuse my fans.

Skylar Grey

When I was younger I wish I'd known that what often seemed to be the 'end of the world' often turned out to be a positive and transformative experience!

Annie Lennox

The catastrophe now threatening us is unprecedented - and we often confuse the unprecedented with the improbable.

Al Gore

People who confuse what they wish were true with what is really true create distorted pictures of reality that make it impossible for them to make the best choices.

Ray Dalio

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