“The attempt and not the deed confounds us.”
William Shakespeare
“If the puck doesn't get out of the zone by the third attempt (by the defending team), the puck will often not get out of the zone and the end effect is a goal.”
Scotty Bowman
“A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.”
Aristotle
“A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.”
Ernest Hemingway
“Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.”
Bible
“They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. (Psalms 22:5)”
“Money confounds subordination”
Samuel Johnson