I think that before you take on nation building in your mind's eye as to how it should be, you'd better have… — Anthony Zinni Copy Share Image
The human understanding of its own nature is prone to suppose the existence of more order and regularity in the world than… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
If the party of gloom is ever to regain its footing, it will have to start by understanding that those who defeated… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
It is necessary for the Bible, in order to be accommodated to the understanding of every man, to speak many things which… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
The nice thing about animation is that you can realise your inventions without understanding all the hard theory. — Nick Park Copy Share Image
It is always the case, with mathematics, that a little direct experience of thinking over things on your own can provide a… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, anti-Darwinism keeps playing minor variations on the same negative themes and adds nothing to our understanding of life. — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
When white and black meet today, sometimes there is a ready understanding that there has been an encounter between two human beings.… — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
Although the history of dispossession and exile for Jews is very different from the history of dispossession and exile for Palestinians, they… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
All that stuff I was taught about evolution, embryology, Big Bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of hell.… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, welled up in Bilbo's heart: a glimpse of endless unmarked days without light or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Will’s eyes met Tessa’s as she came closer, almost tripping again over the torn hem of her gown. For a moment, they… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The universe does not exist 'out there,' independent of us. We are inescapably involved in bringing about that which appears to be… — John P. Wheeler III Copy Share Image
I am most anxious to give my own children enough love and understanding so that they won't grow up with an aching… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
In this role my wish is to build our understanding of what it means to protect the rights and human dignity of… — Mick Dodson Copy Share Image
“Each little update - each individual bit of social information - is insignificant on its own, even supremely mundane. But taken together,… — Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Copy Share Image
I think since I did Monster I really started understanding how hard it is for first time directors. I think there's a… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
All the textbooks talk about avoidance as a classic hallmark of anxiety disorder. So you need a therapist who is sympathetic and… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
The child taught to believe any occurrence a good or evil omen, or any day of the week lucky, hath a wide… — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
Jesus made it possible for us to have the peace that passes all understanding-the kind that carries us, stabilizes us, grounds us,… — Stormie Omartian Copy Share Image
It's my belief that cooking is a craft. I think that you can push it into the realm of art, but it… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Hindsight is not necessarily the best guide to understanding what really happened. The past is often as distorted by hindsight as it… — Amos Elon Copy Share Image
The irony of life is if you have not travelled a persons journey, you will never know what troubles he has encountered… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
Joy gives us wings! In times of joy our strength is more vital, our intellect keener, and our understanding less clouded. We… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
She’s just a little faint,” I reassured Mrs. Hammond. “They’re blood typing in biology.” She nodded, understanding now. “There’s always one.” I… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
The trade unions, far from being content with these declarations, established international liaisons and supported every policy based on pacification and understanding. — Leon Jouhaux Copy Share Image
I'm not politically active, but I'm saying [that] you can open up people's understanding of themselves and others with play. — Jeppe Hein Copy Share Image
Good questions work on us, we don't work on them. They are not a project to be completed but a doorway opening… — Peter Block Copy Share Image
Unless a player has an 'understanding chess' rating of at least 2400, the amount of significant knowledge that he can impart on… — Edmar Mednis Copy Share Image
Fortunately my wife is understanding. When I come home from the races she never asks any questions, if I tell her I… — Tim Conway Copy Share Image
“Here was a thing Beatriz wanted: to devote time to understanding how a butterfly was similar to a galaxy. Here was a… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The essential functions of the mind consist in understanding and in inventing, in other words, in building up structures by structuring reality. — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
I've always been a believer in research. It's great to have an instinctual human reaction to a character, too, of course, but… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down,… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
The secret of living in peace with all people lies in the art of understanding each one by his own individuality. — Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Copy Share Image
I wholeheartedly believe that travel leads to open minds and contributes to a better cultural understanding and acceptance of people from around… — Belinda Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm the most understanding person on the face of this earth, everything & everyone has a certain reason for everything. You can't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.” — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
Forget the boring old dictum, 'Write about what you know.' Instead, seek out an unknown yet knowable area of experience that's going… — Rose Tremain Copy Share Image