Interpretation Quotes · Page 14

No language exists that cannot be misused... Every Interpretation is hypothetical, for it is a mere attempt to read an unfamiliar text.

— Carl Jung

We make our lives bigger or smaller, more expansive or more limited, according to the interpretation of life that is our story.

— Christina Baldwin

Even though the outside world has not changed, your brain dynamically presents different interpretations.

— David Eagleman

One of the exciting things about producing a comic is seeing the artist stamp his own interpretation on it.

— Matt Smith

“The idea is to spin the wheel of metaphors and images until sparks of associations begin to fly for the reader.”

— Charles Simic

I dont like being told someones interpretation of something that I do.

— Jonathan Brandis

It is not important whether or not the interpretation is correct — if men define situations as real, they are real in…

— W. I. Thomas

Islam will be what Muslims make of it. And it is the sum total of the interpretation that Muslims give to it.

— Maajid Nawaz

The reason I often say, for me, photography is analogous to poetry, for my kind of work more so than journalism, is…

— Alec Soth

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation…

— Noam Chomsky

I wouldn't claim to know what another person is thinking. I can imagine it, but it's my interpretation, and I try to…

— Cass McCombs

Each haka has its own interpretation, but you have to make sure you are in unison with your team-mates; the haka should…

— Jonah Lomu

Reading and understanding the Bible involves lots and lots of interpretation. Not just in light of the world and culture around us,…

— John Piper

We have a lot of choice about whether to interpret something as adversity or as opportunity. I see in myself the tendency…

— Marianne Williamson

In schools of theology Negroes are taught the interpretation of the Bible worked out by those who have justified segregation and winked…

— Carter G. Woodson

Religion is, by definition, interpretation; and by definition, all interpretations are valid. However, some interpretations are more reasonable than others.

— Reza Aslan

“The individualism of the Romantic theory of interpretation attempts to abstract the individual from his historical context by presenting him with the…

— Andrew Louth

Unlike physics, for example, such parts of the bare bones of economic theory as are expressible in mathematical form are extremely easy…

— John Maynard Keynes

As you can imagine, over the years I have been asked many times to discuss and explain my song "American Pie." I…

— Don McLean

The time has come to realise that an interpretation of the universe—even a positivist one—remains unsatisfying unless it covers the interior as…

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

We must nevertheless present all possible interpretations for each observation, so that competing theories can be formulated and defended. In science, as…

— Hubert Reeves

I may be a descendant of Seth. I say to myself, What does [the story of Cain and Abel] teach me? So…

— Elie Wiesel

I can tell you that my contribution based on my interpretation of the book is unchanged. The other things, in terms of…

— Sean Penn

The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description…

— Fritjof Capra

State what you actually see in someone's work first: objects/space/color/directional flow - then content. Interpret.

— Kay WalkingStick

When she offered me 'Arshinagar,' Aparna's interpretation of 'Romeo & Juliet,' my first instinct was to say no.

— Waheeda Rehman

The squalid cash interpretation put on the word success — is our national disease.

— William James

It is very obvious that we are not influenced by "facts" but by our interpretation of the facts.

— Alfred Adler

A just cause should need no interpretation yet flounders when confronted by self- interest and corruption.

— Peter Dunne

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There are no styles of karate-do, just varying interpretations of its principles.

— Kenwa Mabuni

I want to show people my interpretation of what creating music is, and this is where it comes from: the heart.

— Linda Perry

What many people, I think, don't really understand is how much their rights really turn on the interpretation of the Supreme Court.

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

You may not understand your parents' interpretation of love and what they think is best for you, but you have to trust…

— Jovan Adepo

Buddha never rejected Hinduism, but he broadened its base. He gave it a new life and a new interpretation.

— Mahatma Gandhi

There's no right or wrong answer in an interpretation. It's all in the person who's interpreting, and how you feel about something.

— Riff Raff

I think people's interpretation of a body slam is different than the techniques.

— Markwayne Mullin

The interpretation of facts in a certain way stimulates other scientists' thoughts.

— Robert Barany

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

There is no benefit so large that malignity will not lessen it; none so narrow that a good interpretation will not enlarge…

— Seneca the Younger