Now I understand why you grow so many flowers." She…

“At the head of all understanding – is realizing what is and what cannot be, and the consoling of what is not in our…

— Anonymous

“The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them, said the doctor.”

— Anonymous

“381 On the question of being understandable.— One does not only wish to be understood when one writes; one wishes just as surely not…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Why don’t you tell me your name?” “No.” “Very well. Your rank?” “What would a woman understand of rank?” “What does my sex have…

— Michelle Franklin

“Sunil and Abdul sat together more often than before, but when they spoke, it was with the curious formality of people who shared the…

— Katherine Boo

There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something between the…

— Henry James

“I really believe that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of, let's say 100,000 miles, their…

— Michael Collins

I've always wanted to be a brooding, deep, dark artist, but I can never keep that facade going for more than 15 minutes.

— Bryan Callen

“The fundamental basis by which the court’s decision might be made is, in itself, imperfect and subject to contradictions. There is very little consideration…

— Ashim Shanker

I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it does: It strips away…

— Lionel Richie

I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space.

— Peter Zumthor

Light-skinned privilege is largely through a white lens. It is exploited by oppressive forces... It was always a facade.

— Kendrick Sampson

A man is the facade of a temple wherein all wisdom and all good abide.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

When you really need help, people will respond. Sincerity means dropping the image facade and showing a willingness to be vulnerable. Tell it the…

— Jack Canfield

“A man's work reveals him. In social intercourse he gives you the surface that he wishes the world to accept, but in his book…

— W. Somerset Maugham