A Quote by Tom Waits
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
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We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.
We are buried beneath the weight of information.
Masochists are people that have pleasure confused with pain. In a world that has television confused with entertainment, doritoes confused with food, and Dan Quayle confused with a national political leader, masochists are clearly less mixed-up than the rest of us.
When I got to be, like, in high school and stuff, I sort of was drawn to that feeling of feeling uncomfortable in my skin and being confused by human beings, like, just constantly confused.
I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I don't have.
I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I'm confused about the information I get from the media.
Being happy is a great science. If you are not happy, do not be confused. Happiness is hard to achieve.
Fame legitimizes. Being conspicuous gets confused with being illustrious.
I'm also not sure that I look up to others as knowing what the hell is going on, except maybe Andre Agassi, who, when I interviewed him, while covering the U.S. Open, seemed to know what was going on. My basic assumption is that we're all confused all the time. Some people do act more confident, though. Maybe they aren't confused. I am. I'm confused.
I freely admit I'm confused. I'm a confused and troubled individual but at the same time...Its Free!
Nothing. I was confused for two years. I didn't understand anything and I'm still confused.
Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.
We start off confused and end up confused on a higher level.
Courage is confused with picking up arms and cowardness is confused with laying them down.
To be given permission to be confused -- and remain confused -- for as long as it takes would have been a huge gift.
Happiness in reality consists only in rest, and not in being stirred up. This instinct conflicts with the drive to diversion, and we develop the confused idea that leads people to aim at rest through excitement.
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