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Blinded Quotes

Sayings on losing sight, clarity, and perspective.

To be blinded here means more than losing sight physically, it stretches to how fear or passion can cloud a society's judgment. Readers may also enjoy Deception.

How can we condemn those who are truly blinded by evil? We can't. We shouldn't. How do we bring about conversion of those living in blindness? By love. By truth in charity. By offering forgiveness. By offering mercy. With prayer.

Quotes by Abby Johnson

Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.

Quotes by Aaron Swartz

You're blinded by lights and you see all these people who come out, and it's exciting. It's scary and it's exciting all rolled into one.

Quotes by Vanessa Kerry

Our democratic societies are in danger. In allowing ourselves to be infiltrated by fear, to be blinded by the passion of identity, we are entertaining the most serious illusions about our freedom.

Quotes by Tariq Ramadan

Deception Quotes

In 1980 I was attacked by a dog in Spain and was temporarily blinded in one eye - I thought it would end my tennis career.

Quotes by Sue Barker

What I've learned by going out and playing smaller venues and being more in touch with people is getting feedback, just by virtue of being able to watch the crowd react and watch their faces instead of being blinded by...

Quotes by Ronnie Dunn

You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buying opportunities. You don't want too much complacency because people will be blinded to some risk.

Quotes by Ron Chernow

I'm not one of those people who's so blinded by my own work and my sweat. It's kind of risky writing a memoir when you're really part of a larger universe.

Quotes by Questlove

A form of reason that in some way wished to strip itself of beauty would be diminished; it would be a blinded reason.

Quotes by Pope Benedict XVI

Emotion Quotes

I didn't feel the tusk go through me. But I did feel this sort of freight elevator coming down, popping the chicken bones, you know. It blinded me. Everything was black. It was bright noon day sun. You mustn't get...

Quotes by Peter Beard

That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.

Quotes by Lynn Abbey

It's my job to accept my youth, to spread my story, to let people know who I am as an individual, because there's so many people who are blinded and think less of me because of my skin color.

Quotes by Khalid

It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with all of political folly.

Quotes by John George Nicolay

I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment.

Quotes by Gustav Mahler

Loss Quotes

I belonged to the generation that grew up under National Socialism, and was blinded and led astray - and allowed itself to be led astray.

Quotes by Gunter Grass

Most songwriters who have been lucky enough to have their song on the radio or be heard widely don't know anything about science. The best songs have a strong dose of metaphor. Most songs about science don't have that. Like...

Quotes by Greg Graffin

We're often blinded by romance; we decide to not see things we don't want to see, and put up with behavior that we shouldn't put up with.

Quotes by Georgia King

The public knows that human beings are fallible. Only people blinded by ideology fall into the trap of believing in their own infallibility.

Quotes by Freeman Dyson

I think a lot of the time having someone who you, not base yourself on, but can see yourself being after a few years, you can get quite blinded by that, in the same way love can be.

Quotes by Freddie Highmore

Love Quotes

So many people accept the negative. They are constantly blinded by that negative thing.

Quotes by Eve Arden

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'blinded' mean across these quotes?
It ranges from literal loss of sight to being figuratively unable to see clearly due to fear, passion, or circumstance.
Is there a quote about a real injury?
Yes, one quote recalls being temporarily blinded in one eye after being attacked by a dog, and fearing it would end a tennis career.
Do any quotes discuss society being blinded?
Yes, one line warns that democratic societies risk being blinded by fear and the passion of identity, clouding judgment broadly.
Is there a lighter use of the word?
Yes, one quote describes being blinded by stage lights, calling the experience both scary and exciting.
Where can I find related quotes?
See Deception for more on clarity, illusion, and perception.

From a dazzling stage to a real eye injury, these quotes show how easily clarity can slip away. Continue exploring with Emotion and Loss.