Chauncey Wright

The pains of disconcerted or frustrated habits, and the inherent pleasure there is in following them, are motives which nature has put into our wills without generally caring to inform us why; and she sometimes decrees, indeed, that her reasons shall not be ours.

American Philosopher

Sendhil Mullainathan

As a researcher, every once in a while you encounter something a little disconcerting. And this is something that changes your understanding of the world around you, and teaches you that you're very wrong about something that you really believed firmly in.

American Economist

Terence Winter

Very often at the end of 'The Sopranos' you get the feeling that its not under control, you should be very worried, and life is kind of really, really messed up at lot of times. It leaves you feeling very disconcerted. That was kind of the point of it.

American Writer

Hilary Mantel

What really disconcerts commentators, I suspect, is that when they read historical fiction, they feel their own lack of education may be exposed; they panic, because they don't know which bits are true.

English Writer

Peter Falk

It helps an actor an awful lot when he looks like the part. There's nothing more disconcerting, that makes you more anxious or more insecure, than when you don't look like who you're supposed to be.

American Actor

Learned Hand

You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt.

American Judge

George Wendt

Once in a while it can be a bit disconcerting to be so recognisable.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I do find it a bit disconcerting when your name becomes a brand.

English Musician

Rowan Atkinson

It's a bit disconcerting being treated like Madonna.

English Comedian

Eliza Dushku

The letters from jail are always disconcerting.

American Actress

Disconcert often implies an emotional response like stress or anxiety after being thrown off balance.

Emotional Impact

While usually negative, 'disconcert' can also refer to benign surprise or mild confusion.

Not Always Negative

'Disconcert' often suggests a temporary state; the confusion isn't usually permanent.

Temporary Effect

 It contacted its servers every three minutes, regardless of whether you were using it or not. In general, it was disconcerting that all these devices were having ongoing conversations that were invisible to me. I mean, I would have had no idea, without your router. If you buy a smart device, you should probably know --

What your smart devices...

 and this what I want to think of as the disconcerting thing, what I want to call "the last mile" problem. See, we spent a lot of energy, in many domains -- technological, scientific, hard work, creativity, human ingenuity -- to crack important social problems with technology solutions.

Sendhil Mullainathan:...

 not fun following a hyena off-road for a couple of reasons one they don't they're not used to it nobody really follows them so they get a bit disconcerted and - they don't stroll hyenas trot oh dear Craig I can still hear the generator which means we are

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 thing is how come it's news to most people i know many well-intentioned non-muslims who've begun reading the quran but given disconcerted by its otherness the historian thomas carlisle considered muhammad one of the world's greatest heroes

On reading the Koran -...

 I think it's a very disconcerting notion, this idea that our cars will be watching us, talking about us to other cars, that we'll be going down the road in a sea of gossip. But I believe it can be done in a way that protects our privacy,

Jennifer Healey: If cars...

 we're driving up the eastern boundary hoping to see some tracks of something coming in and otherwise I don't really know also apparently the welding on the antenna at the back is about to come off which is a little disconcerting so if

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 really disconcerting time for everyone, with things being shut down, not knowing exactly how long it's going to last, worrying about the health of all the people we care about. You know, I'm lucky that I get to connect up

How we must respond to...

 this makes perfect sense to me. But the thing is, how come it's news to most people? I know many well-intentioned non-Muslims who've begun reading the Koran, but given up, disconcerted by its "otherness."

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 the schools gather around anything for protection even this disconcerted turtle