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the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Quotations regarding 'Confusion'

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Instead of this confusion, we need the unifying force of an official language, English, which is the language of success in America.
Ernest Istook, American Politician (1950-  )
The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion.
Molly Ivins, American Journalist (1944-2007)
She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short.
Clive James, Australian Writer (1939-  )
I'm 16 now, I was 15 when it happened... and the encryption code wasn't in fact written by me, but written by the German member. There seems to be a bit of confusion about that part.
Jon Johansen, Norwegian Celebrity (1983-  )
As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.
Jasper Johns, American Artist (1930-  )
All comparisons between America's current place in the world and anything legitimately called an empire in the past reveal ignorance and confusion about any reasonable meaning of the concept empire, especially the comparison with the Roman Empire.
Donald Kagan, American Historian
I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
Jack Kerouac, American Novelist (1922-1969)
Getting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. Personal organization some how releases or frees you to operate more effectively.
Larry King, American Entertainer (1933-  )
Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.
Paul Klee, Swiss Artist (1879-1940)
Confusion makes people uncomfortable. They can't put their finger on me.
Lenny Kravitz, American Musician (1964-  )
Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving for power that are in the heart of almost everyone. Until the source is cleared, there will always be confusion and hate, wars and class antagonisms.
Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian Philosopher (1895-1986)
The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.
Doris Lessing, English Writer (1919-  )
Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world.
Susan Lieberman, -
The business of the law is to make sense of the confusion of what we call human life - to reduce it to order but at the same time to give it possibility, scope, even dignity.
Archibald MacLeish, American Poet (1892-1982)
And I believe that it becomes a troubled continent because there are those who must always cause confusion so that we do not keep these natural resources.
Miriam Makeba, South African Musician (1932-  )
I noticed that there are no B batteries. I think that's to avoid confusion, cause if there were you wouldn't know if someone was stuttering. 'Yes, hello I'd like some b-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries!' and D-batteries that's hard for foreigners. 'Yes, I would like de batteries.'
Demetri Martin, American Comedian (1973-  )
It is possible to resolve childhood repression safely and without confusion - something that has always been disputed by the most respected schools of thought.
Alice Miller, Swiss Psychologist (1923-  )
Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.
Henry Miller, American Author (1891-1980)
Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung.
John Milton, English Poet (1608-1674)
I feel very comfortable with the way I look, and I feel very comfortable with the kind of confusion that it creates in people's minds.
Brian Molko, Belgian Musician (1972-  )
 
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