Then you have nonsense like
"Bertia claims she lost a sheep".
Ok. So? Why is that a quest? Hell, I found a sheep, that was lost and mauled. I went to talk to her (even had the sheep carcasse with me) and there was no prompt for it? Why is that in my quest menu?
It's clearly a journal entry. Not a quest.
Similar to
"What's-her-name told you her brother Tom went to join the Fantastic Five".
You can actually track down the quest that Tom was sent on... plus you can also do more regarding Bertia and the sheep. So yeah... If you'd paid attention and didn't need your hand held so much then you might have less to complain about... Just my two cents.