Tuesday, August 28, 2007

"Quote"

I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
Robert McCloskey, State Department spokesman (attributed)

10 comments:

Katie McKenna said...

ha ha! So true!

Pauline said...

But I'm afraid not always humorous...

Nessa said...

Are you sure you meant that?

PJ van Zyl said...

dangerous to comment here.
so I'll keep quiet and not comment about how I never make that mistake

mystic rose said...

So much of who we are and what we go through influences our perceptions..

yes, can be dangerous as well as humorous sometimes. the hardest and frustrating part is that one may not even realise how differently the same is being viewed.

Charlene Amsden said...

One of OC's favorite lines. I hear it often. In fact, it's in our seaweed post, He Said, She Said.

Stephanie said...

It's amazing we get anything accomplished.

Pauline said...

katie, goldennib,pete,mystic rose,quilldancer, stephanie....

Needed a few days to work through this quote. It is often difficult to understand ourselves;therefore miraculous that we understand each other. :)

rauf said...

i don't understand Pauline.

Pauline said...

rauf, that is what this is all about the art of communicating our feeling. Unfortunately, we often misread each other.