Understood Quotes · Page 128

Serious things cannot be understood without laughable things, nor opposites at all without opposites.

— Plato

Whiteness allows the architectural ideas to be understood most clearly - the difference between opacity and transparency, solid and void, structure and…

— Richard Meier

In nonviolent communication, no matter what words others may use to express themselves, we simply listen for their observations, feelings, needs, and…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

The rules are simple and easily understood by anyone who has once seen the game, but to the totally uninitiated they appear…

— John Adams Gilmer

I just kind of understood it, and I threw my love for others and love for life into the character, and was…

— Jenna Elfman

A few words about the question of whether photography is art or not: I never understood the question.

— Ernst Haas

How can the intensity of this shame be understood by those who have never experienced it? How can they understand the strength…

— Anonymous

I saw a '60 Minutes' piece on Google as a place to work. It was such a foreign concept from what I…

— Vince Vaughn

When we find that we are not liked, we assert that we are not understood; when probably the dislike we have excited…

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

One phrase I would dearly like to consign to the can is 'Out of the Box.' The thinking that told us we…

— Tina Brown

And it's true. It's so true. All those years of loving Zik because he never asked about Eve... I never realized, I…

— Barry Lyga

In a very literal way, of course, Shakespeare did change the course of history: when it didn't fit the plot he had…

— Neil MacGregor

I've just never seen a live event [like Oscar] where the emotional swings - it was just stunning.And it was interesting because,…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

That portion of reality that can be composed within a frame can be understood.

— Robert Breault

The gems of philosophy are not less precious because they are not understood.

— Giordano Bruno

You know, I used to not understand fashion, a lot of it, but I completely understood being a playwright or a screenwriter…

— Reese Witherspoon

My dad would throw me in the picture if they needed an extra. From an early age, I understood the concept that,…

— Ansel Elgort

I'm not comfortable with words. I love images ,and I love sounds, and I love feelings. I like the idea of intuition.…

— David Lynch

Reason refuseth its homage to a God who can be fully understood.

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

I'd made pretty clear to the people at Paramount and Dreamworks that, if they wanted Lemony Snicket to comment, he would be…

— Daniel Handler

Conscious communication is called Turiya-when you are totally effective, totally understood and totally truthful.

— Harbhajan Singh Yogi

I've always felt like I was a guy that understood my role. I thrive because I love it.

— P. J. Tucker

In principle, if you understood the mechanisms of keeping things repaired, you could keep things going indefinitely.

— Cynthia Kenyon

Do I dare disturb the universe? Yes, I do, I do. I think. Jerry suddenly understood the poster--the solitary man on the…

— Robert Cormier

Lewandowski reminds me a bit of me. I was a bit of a mix of him and Ronaldo. I also understood playing…

— Marco van Basten