The best doctrine may become the worst, if imperfectly understood, erroneously interpreted, or superstitiously followed. — Anna Leonowens Copy Share Image
Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis - once that crisis can be recognized… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
The attacks of September 11 were made possible, in part, by the fact that U.S. law enforcement had a bias that 'rich… — Malcolm Nance Copy Share Image
The British press has an insatiable appetite for making public things that should be private. It's a prurience that I've never understood. — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
From what I've understood, it's an entirely different world, and it's a tough world to get your foot in the door, but… — Sean Maher Copy Share Image
The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
It was understood that they shared the same thresholds--the same inexhaustible appetite for wasting time, for discussing lofty ideas, for dissecting trivial… — Galt Niederhoffer Copy Share Image
She understood now why her friend Elizabeth, with her near-genius, analytical mind gave wide berth to murder mysteries, psychological thrillers, and horror… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
As an engineer, I understood that the natural world operated according to fixed laws. Through my studies, I came to realize that… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
What if the American people woke up and understood that the official reasons for going to war are almost always based on… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I didn't do the engineering, and I didn't do the math, because I thought I understood what was going on and I… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
The more a subject is understood, the more briefly it may be explained. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Nine times out of 10, women don't want to fix a problem, they just want to be understood. I'll never get that. — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
I teach art at a famous art school, and yet I don't have really the least notion what post-modernism means, but we… — Lawrence Jordan Copy Share Image
I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
The efficiency of God may be understood as either creation or providence. — William Ames Copy Share Image
I've always understood the two to be intertwined: sexuality and spirituality. That never changed. — Prince Copy Share Image
Some writers, notably Anton Chekov, argue that all characters must be admirable, because once we've looked at anyone deeply enough and understood… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
Organized religion is sane and not silly when read as myth and poetry rather than science and law. Religion speaks nonsense when… — Rami M. Shapiro Copy Share Image
All the great masters have understood that there cannot be great art without the little limited life of the fable, which is… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
God's signs are not always the ones we look for. We learn in tragedy that his purposes are not always our own.… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
If every parent understood the huge educational benefits and intense happiness brought about by reading aloud to their children, and if every… — Mem Fox Copy Share Image
The risk of insult is the price of clarity. To be clearly understood one must speak the simple, essential truth as plainly… — Roy H. Williams Copy Share Image
