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Tangled Quotes

When things twist together, for better or worse.

This tangled quotes page opens with the classic warning about the tangled web woven the moment someone starts to deceive, and includes a sober, factual line acknowledging a significant Islamic insurgency in Iraq as a genuinely tangled security situation.

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

Quotes by Walter Scott

Motivations are too tangled and complex.

Quotes by Russell Banks

We are tangled in a very significant Islamic insurgency in Iraq.

Quotes by Michael Scheuer

I'm nothing if not a tangled, colorful ball of contradictions.

Quotes by Glennon Doyle Melton

Ball Quotes

Of my Disney material, 'Tangled' is my most pop-oriented.

Quotes by Alan Menken

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the famous "tangled web" line come from?
It's the classic warning that a tangled web gets woven the moment someone starts to deceive, originally from Sir Walter Scott's poetry. It's used here as the most literary reference among these tangled quotes.
What does the quote about an "Islamic insurgency in Iraq" describe?
It's a sober, factual acknowledgment of a significant and genuinely tangled security conflict, spoken in a geopolitical context rather than as commentary beyond that description. The quote treats tangled as an apt word for a complicated, difficult conflict.
How is "tangled" used to describe personal motivation?
One line simply states that motivations are too tangled and complex to explain simply, treating human reasoning as inherently hard to untangle. It's a general observation rather than about any one person's motives.
What does the "colorful ball of contradictions" quote mean?
It's a self-description embracing being knotted up and full of contrasts as basically the whole of one's personality. It reads as self-aware rather than self-critical.
Do all these tangled quotes describe negative situations?
Not entirely - while the insurgency and deceit references are serious, the personal contradiction quote treats being tangled as an interesting, even likeable trait. Together they show tangled spanning from real-world conflict to lighthearted self-description.

Other quotes call motivations too tangled and complex to explain simply, and describe a person as a tangled, colorful ball of contradictions. Together they treat tangled as a word for anything, political, emotional, or personal, too complicated to unravel easily.