
“This not only misses the point, it is the precise antithesis of the point.”
Source: The Blind Watchmaker (1986), Chapter 10 “The One True Tree of Life” (p. 261)
America...You Kill Me
“This not only misses the point, it is the precise antithesis of the point.”
Source: The Blind Watchmaker (1986), Chapter 10 “The One True Tree of Life” (p. 261)
Walker Percy Redivivus" (1971), p. 130
The Good Word & Other Words (1978)
“Certainty is missing the point entirely.”
Source: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
“As wonderful as dogs can be, they are famous for missing the point.”
Source: Once Upon a Marigold
Associated Press interview (26 January 2004) http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/26/tv.dennismiller.ap/, The Toronto Star (13 June 2004) http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagenamethestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&cArticle&cid1086991811111&call_pageid968867495754
“The point that the Democrats missed was that the people who weren’t rich wanted to be rich.”
"The Dirty Trickster" (2008)
“You miss the point? The lady that spares her lover spares herself too little.”
Asinaria, Act I, scene 3.
Asinaria (The One With the Asses)
“People who see life as anything more than pure entertainment are missing the point.”
Books, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (2004)
Source: When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?