I guess I'm quite used to not being understood rather than…

One of the deepest and strangest of all human moods is the mood which will suddenly strike us perhaps in a garden at night,…

— Anonymous

“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated…

— Jack Weatherford

Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who do this…

— John Rawls

Thoroughly understand what it is to understand, and not only will you understand the broad lines of all there is to be understood but…

— Bernard Lonergan

Jesus' kingdom was not like the popular expectation. He used the phrase 'kingdom of God' with a different meaning. His kingdom was not of…

— Tom Harpur

There were books everywhere in my house. Books were very present. I just loved books. I never understood reading as anything but a pleasurable…

— Lisa Lucas

Mr. Speaker, on September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked, and Britain stood with us. This was not only an attack against America,…

— Vito Fossella

"Spirituality" wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God.

— Dallas Willard

Many people, including myself, thought of Jobs as an inventor, an Edison-like figure, but he wasn't. I did a documentary on James Brown recently;…

— Alex Gibney

I'd like to think Helen very much understood what it was to be disadvantaged in the medical field. And that that was something that…

— Mary Stuart Masterson

The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies.

— Robert Conquest

By amusing myself with all these games, all this nonsense, all these picture puzzles, I became famous... I am only a public entertainer who…

— Pablo Picasso

The problem with merely writing so that you can be understood is that the wrong people, in advancing their agendas, are only too ready…

— William A. Dembski

“I like few things better than to have my work read and understood.”

— William Blackwell

It was a realization for me when Oprah was talking about New Moon. I was like, "Oh, my god, she's watched a movie that…

— Tinsel Korey