Quotes about understanding
understanding prize
In life, understanding is the booby prize. Werner Erhard
understanding indifference mercy
I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only the overwhelming indifference of nature. Werner Herzog
understanding might painting
If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it. Salvador Dali
understanding lines cop
I come from a family of cops, and all of them share that understanding that they put their lives on the line. Ryan Reynolds
understanding tools
Anthroposophie is not a religion but a tool for understanding of religions. Rudolf Steiner
understanding able understanding-you
The more knowledge you've got, the more understanding you have, the better you are able to implement and pass it on to others. Tony Orlando
understanding salary depends
You can't make somebody understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it. Upton Sinclair
understanding mentor genius
True understanding is the spur of genius Ursula K. Le Guin
understanding important useless
My life was not useless; I gave important truths to the world, and it was only for want of understanding that they were disregarded. I have been ahead of my time. Robert Owen
understanding littles zen-motorcycle-maintenance
There's so much talk about the system. And so little understanding. Robert M. Pirsig
understanding inner-peace mind
This inner peace of mind occurs on three levels of understanding. Physical quietness seems the easiest to achieve, although there are levels and levels of this too, as attested by the ability of Hindu mystics to live buried alive for many days. Mental quietness, in which one has no wandering thoughts at all, seems more difficult, but can be achieved. But value quietness, in which one has no wandering desires at all but simply performs the acts of his life without desire, that seems the hardest.
understanding quality knows
Quality... you know what it is, yet you don't know what it is.
understanding emotion wells
A friend is somebody who loves us with understanding, as well as emotion. Robert Louis Stevenson
understanding language computer
Computers are everywhere and you can't even begin to function with a computer unless you have comprehension and an understanding of the English language. Wally Amos
understanding ifs
If we learn to understand each other, we will have a better understanding of ourselves. Sarah Gadon
understanding
See, Colie, it's all about understanding. We're all worth something. Sarah Dessen
understanding literature trouble
Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it. Roland Barthes
understanding gettysburg born
Gettysburg. . . . You cant understand it. You would have to be born there. William Faulkner
understanding atoms world
The future of the world, dependent as it is upon atomic energy, requires more understanding and knowledge about the atom. Willard Libby
understanding rewards
Understanding is the reward of faith. Saint Augustine
understanding listening use
As I understand life at different levels, I can use music to express what these levels feel like to me. Hopefully the listener can be transported to this understanding by listening to the music. Yanni
understanding littles busy
Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy Zhuangzi
understanding doe finest
Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
understanding imaginative desirable
Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible. Walter Lippmann
understanding roles way
The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it's to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure it's well-received and lives in somebody else. Yo-Yo Ma
understanding territory ends
I roam around a lot in my territory, but what I learn at one end inflects and opens up my understanding at the other. Rebecca Solnit
understanding secret way
The secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place. Rick Wakeman
understanding economy clinton
Hillary Clinton has no understanding of the economy at all. Rudy Giuliani
understanding acrimony pedants
All discourse of which others cannot partake is not only an irksome usurpation of the time devoted to pleasure and entertainment, but, what never fails to excite resentment, an insolent assertion of superiority, and a triumph over less enlightened understandings. The pedant is, therefore, not only heard with weariness but malignity; and those who conceive themselves insulted by his knowledge never fail to tell with acrimony how injudiciously it was exerted. Samuel Johnson
understanding ancient length
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. Ruth Ozeki
understanding world way
How do we live in a way that shows an understanding that we genuinely live in a shared world, not one that simply belongs to us? Rowan Williams
understanding trying sun
Better to try understanding the sun than a woman. Robert Jordan
understanding important benefits
The United States has an active pharmaceutical industry that has brought huge benefits to the U.S. public. Most Americans, who benefit from these advances, have little understanding of how difficult it is to create an important new medical therapy and make it available to improve public health. Robert Jarvik