Misconceptions Quotes

You hear people say that Philadelphia doesn't have corporate or banking work. The fact is that I don't think most law students really understand what banking work really is, let alone whether a firm has a good practice. And I do think Philadelphia firms need to be more clear about the sophistication level of the work they do because there are a lot of misconceptions. - Chris Beals

Yeah, yeah I think that's one of the biggest misconceptions towards the band. The biggest one is that we're Satan worshippers, but next to that just the fact that we're normal. - Tom Araya

We've got to shatter the misconceptions about the history of our continent and destroy what was essential to the colonial project, which was to control and with control, to erase, to deny, to falsify the African pre-history. - Thabo Mbeki

We want to bridge the cross-cultural gap between our people and countries. We want to bring people together and dispel the myths about each country. There are lots of misconceptions. They are begging for reformation of their laws. They want real law and order. - Victoria Khan

We received a lot of criticism at the beginning. They said we were trying to be country's answer to the Backstreet Boys or 'N Sync. I think we've worked very, very hard to dispel those misconceptions. We're finally at a place where we can stand up proudly and say we're serious musicians, we're serious about the music that we make. - Jay DeMarcus

We know there are many misconceptions on the part of consumers when it comes to long-term care insurance. They think the insurance is too expensive, they often think it is only for old people and they often believe they can simply pay these bills from their own savings. - Deborah Rice

We have taken a giant step forward in correcting some of the misconceptions people have about the church. I think that we've made a lot of friends. - M. Russell Ballard

Unfortunately, 9/11 crystallized some misconceptions that made some people unable to realize that really healthy dissent is in truth more supportive of those poor soldiers being sent to get slaughtered than this blind allegiance to a certain political regime... It's like the Earth is flat and we're gonna walk off the edge of it. It causes me a certain amount of dismay. I realize that Americans are innocent -- only seven percent of our population even owns a passport. But man, I'll tell you, I don't think corporate America and the political regimes meet in an innocent place, and they don't mind using the innocence of Americans in a greedy way. - Rodney Crowell

Two years of confusion and misconceptions. - James Comey