Top 100 Misconception Quotes

I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
Bill Keller
Stock market bubbles don’t grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.
George Soros
There is a common misconception that when you’re a singer working for a recording company you get to pick everything you’re doing. Very few people have been accorded such a luxury.
Frank Sinatra Jr.
I am very much available for singing. There’s a misconception that I am too busy with my acting ventures, but, I think, I can manage both.
Andrea Jeremiah
The biggest misconception people have about me is that I’m a chancer and they think I’m lucky! They don’t realise that I have actually earned it, because I have worked with so many bands. That’s all I’ve ever done is work in music.
Louis Walsh
The biggest misconception people have about me is that I’m stupid.
Billy Idol
I think there’s a misconception about the industry, that you have to change who you are to look ‘cool’ in order to succeed, and that’s just not true.
Grace VanderWaal
The biggest misconception about me is the bad-boy image that everyone stuck me into due to my tattoos, drug days and the constant changes I make with my hair color.
A. J. McLean
The misconception about Foursquare is that it’s just hipsters in New York and San Francisco checking in at bars. It’s happening all over the world. I’ve seen huge growth in Europe, Japan, South America.
Dennis Crowley
If you don’t know something completely, you tend to have a misconception.
Wamiqa Gabbi
Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life.
Woodrow Wilson
I think for such a long time people had this misconception of who I was and what I was about.
Adrienne Bailon
The biggest misconception about my game is my love for it. This is what I want to do. I owe this thing my life. There’s no other way around it.
Mohamed Bamba
People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
Malcolm Gladwell
I think there's a misconception that I eat everything.

I think there’s a misconception that I eat everything. The one or two bites that you see me take, that’s it.
Guy Fieri
I don’t come from a comedy background or a stand-up background, but I think that sometimes there’s a misconception that an actor who works primarily in comedy is a comedian. There’s nothing wrong with being a comedian, but I’m absolutely not that. I can’t think of anything more terrifying than doing stand-up!
Darren Boyd
I’m not worried about misconception or a perception that’s bad. If I were, I’d be chasing something all the time.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
The biggest misconception is that swimming is something you do on holiday, in the pool or in the ocean.
Gethin Jones
Misconception Number 1, the public always thought, ‘Reggie has a massive ego; he’s narcissistic, he’s cocky, he needs everyone to look at him all the time,’ because that’s what the media told them. Wrong. I could handle the attention. I didn’t let the attention affect my performance. But I never needed the attention.
Reggie Jackson
The public has this misconception that vaping is a safe alternative when compared to cigarettes.
Mikhail Varshavski
The first misconception is that embryonic stem cell research is not legal. The fact is, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal. Research on embryonic stem cells has taken place for years.
Virginia Foxx
There is a romantic, often misguided, misconception among the British that life in France is akin to life in Paradise.
Janine di Giovanni
I think there’s a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don’t believe that.
Michael Connelly
Nontraditional students often have the misconception that aid is intended only for high school students entering college. Luckily, that’s not the case.
Jean Chatzky
The biggest misconception about Black Lives Matter is that BLM is just one entity; Black Lives Matter is an organization and a network. We are a part of the movement, but we are not the movement.
Alicia Garza
I think it’s a common misconception that because you’re a woman, you can’t command a set and have people respect you, and for some reason, Hollywood is really far behind every other industry. It’s getting better; it’s just slow.
Reed Morano
The biggest misconception is that the purpose of going to the gym is to change your body. We should be working out to be healthy.
Ashley Graham
It’s a misconception that you don’t have seasons in southern California. They are just very subtle. The vegetation is very different. Plants react differently. You just have to be a little more observant.
Christoph Waltz
Part of what we did is change that misconception that reggaeton is machista and misogynist. On the contrary, women are our biggest fans, and they inspire us.
J Balvin
Most of my career, people have the misconception about me as being threatening and scary, and having an intense look, but that’s not the real me.
Taboo
People have this misconception that I’m going to beat them up when I meet them. But it’s like… no. Just ’cause I stand up for myself, and I’m honest, that doesn’t mean I’m going to beat people up all the time.
Danielle Bregoli
There’s a common misconception that if I uploaded a 20-minute video that I just pressed ‘record’ and put it online. It’s not that at all.
DanTDM
I don’t know why people think I’m a Goth – that’s a misconception.
Zola Jesus
I think the biggest misconception about me is people really don’t know who I really am. They see the party side of me, they see the crazy side of me. But I also have a laid-back side. You know, I’m chill, down to earth. If you want to grab a cup of coffee and just talk about life, I can do that.
Nicole Polizzi
Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.
Emil Cioran
We Chinese use a lot of ginger and green onions to flavor dishes but not to overpower them. Westerners have this misconception that we eat the ginger and green onion, but we leave those on the plate.
Alvin Leung
There is a huge misconception that you need to spend hours in the kitchen to produce something special.
Gino D’Acampo
I think it’s a common misconception in the civilian community that the military community is filled with just drills and discipline and pain. They forget that these are humans who are in an abnormal situation.
Adam Driver
It’s a misconception that all singers need to portray a messed up, dirty look to prove their identity.
Harshvardhan Rane
I think people have a misconception about comedians and performers. All that stuff is serious business.
Redfoo
The biggest misconception in the hip-hop industry is that people are only focused on the money. We should just be happy for everybody that is working in the hip-hop culture.
Fat Joe
We want to blame people who have brain disorders – they should somehow be able to magically rise above it. It’s a profound misconception.
Drew Pinsky
There’s a misconception in my opinion… and it’s that we Latinos have to go do an American album, an English album, an Anglo production, to cross over.
Romeo Santos
I think a common misconception about a small town in rural America is that everyone believes the same way, and nothing could be further from the truth.
Ree Drummond
It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell.
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
A dominant misconception among believers is that their

A dominant misconception among believers is that their atheist brethren are a slavering pack of hell-bound debauchees, gleefully wining and wenching their way through life while loudly professing their amorality.
Lynn Coady
There’s this misconception that I’ve been turning down roles. It’s just not true. The reality is, there was nothing for me to do, nobody was calling, the phone wasn’t ringing.
Billy Porter
There’s a misconception that maybe I’m overly confident or a little vapid or that I am a stereotypical, bratty, spoiled girl who doesn’t have much to bring to the table other than how people perceive her physically.
Megan Fox
The biggest misconception people have about me is that when they see how young I am, they think, ‘Oh, this guy must have always wanted to be in politics; his parents must have been politically connected.’ I’m a finance major and always intended to go into business.
Aaron Schock
A big misconception is that a black hole is made of matter that has just been compacted to a very small size. That’s not true. A black hole is made from warped space and time.
Kip Thorne
I don’t believe in a lot of schmoozing and buttering up. Not that you don’t become friends in work. But I think it’s a misconception that you have to do a lot of hanging before you work.
Sam Shepard
The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.
Tim Ferriss