Cicely Tyson

When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can't live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wrong because she was so sure that I was going to go astray. And that's the juice that kept me going.

American Actress

Andrew Dost

It's nice to be in a creative world that's kind of isolated, but you can get led astray down some pathway while you're recording that you might not like later. And there's a lot of time to get in your own head and stay there.

American Musician

Anthony Yarde

When you get a bit older, life can start kicking and it was mainly the area I grew up in that began to lead me astray. I went down the wrong paths to some degree.

British Athlete

James E. Faust

The President of the Church will not lead the people of the Church astray. It will never happen.

American Clergyman

George Villiers

The world's a forest, in which all lose their way; though by a different path each goes astray.

English Politician

Saint Teresa of Avila

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.

Spanish Saint

Dante Alighieri

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.

Italian Poet

Oscar Wilde

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

Irish Poet

Sonny Sandoval

Kanye West deceives many and will lead many people astray.

Ken Auletta

Passion without focus can lead you astray.

American Journalist

Use 'astray' when someone loses their way, often in a literal, physical sense.

Physical Direction

'Astray' is used when plans or actions deviate from the intended goal.

Plans Fail

Metaphorically, 'astray' can describe decisions or thoughts not aligning with one's values.

Metaphorical Use

It often implies a lapse in moral judgment or behavior.

Moral Deviation

What's considered 'astray' can vary widely among different cultures or people.

Subjective Judgments

'Astray' is often used figuratively, not implying physical movement.

Used Figuratively

 You kind of shout out the sound, S -- and the word comes. It's like the dictionary; it's hard to look things up by the third letter. So, this is an example of how this idea that the quickness with which things come to mind can give you a sense of their probability -- how this idea could lead you astray. It's not just puzzles, though.

Why we make bad...

 romantically infatuated with someone else and what I have sex for the third person the other way in which our genes can sometimes lead us astray is in social status we are very acutely aware of our social status and always seek you know to further and increase it now in the animal world is only one way to increase

The surprising science...

 The other way in which our genes can sometimes lead us astray is in social status. We are very acutely aware of our social status and always seek to further and increase it. Now in the animal world, there is only one way to increase status, and that's dominance.

Nancy Etcoff: Happiness...

 So it's the same premise as bounded rationality, that we have a human mind that is bounded in some sort of way and relying on shortcuts, and that those shortcuts can sometimes lead us astray. With bounded rationality,

How to let go of being a...

 actually are not there and thinking oh that was a ghost or that was a monster that was Bigfoot I mean that's pattern is City patterns very important to make sense of the world but too many patterns lead us astray

Jason Silva on Patterns...

 became wilderness, meaning a tract of uncultivated land, primarily inhabited by undomesticated beasts. From the word wilderness, the word wilder was born. To wilder someone was to lead him astray

Mysteries of vernacular:...

 our reflexes, our cognitive biases, to help us perceive and respond quickly. Sometimes that saves our lives, right? Fight or flight. But sometimes, it leads us astray in the long run.

The unforeseen...

 So I'm beginning to suspect that our specialization is beginning to impede our progress at best, and at worst, is leading us astray. That's because life on this planet and its history

To solve old problems,...

 But the actual subadult at 65 percent had no crest at all. So this was interesting. So this is where people went astray again.

Jack Horner: Shape-shifti...

 darling, if you've gone astray, I'm on my way to my hideaway.