In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I think I just really understand what it is to feel like you don't fit in, within your society, within your world,… — Anya Taylor-Joy Copy Share Image
I have been described as the grandfather of climate change. In fact, I am just a grandfather and I do not want… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
The best agencies understood the importance of routines. The worst agencies were headed by people who never thought about it, and then… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
People's responses made me laugh out loud and they made me tear up. They consoled me during my toughest times. I understood… — Candy Chang Copy Share Image
If you look at Charles Dickens's time, there were so many different levels of society and everybody understood their place in it,… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Sweet to me was not the voice of man, But the wind's voice was understood by me. The burdocks and the nettles… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
The man to solitude accustom'd long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
But when she turned her back to the lights, she saw that the night was so dark...She could not see the stars.… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
Fashion is also a form of art, and like every kind of art, it has its own way of expression. In other… — Sonia Rykiel Copy Share Image
It has been said that the myth is a public dream, dreams are private myths. Unfortunately we give our mythic side scant… — Mary Zimmerman Copy Share Image
But if I did read, say, [Maurice] Merleau-Ponty, for instance, it always seemed to me that the parts that I understood in… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
Guileless and without vanity, we were still in love with ourselves then. We felt comfortable in our skins, enjoyed the news that… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
The Internet has made some phenomenal breakthroughs that are still only poorly understood in terms of changing people's ideas of us and… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
Hubbard set up the Church of Scientology in Hollywood in 1954 for a reason. He understood that celebrity was increasingly a feature… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
I've never understood people who say they're not a practicing Jew. You never hear a black guy say he's not a practicing… — Gilbert Gottfried Copy Share Image
The very elements of what constitutes good nursing are as little understood for the well as for the sick. The same laws… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
I've always understood that wherever I've gone, I've helped build and I've helped make those companies bigger and better. NXT is no… — Samoa Joe Copy Share Image
The pain is what you make of it. You have to find something in it that yields. I understood my guiding imperative… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
Mathematical objects are determined by - and understood by - the network of relationships they enjoy with all the other objects of… — Barry Mazur Copy Share Image
I had never understood why the farmlands of the U.S. had been settled in such a sparse and isolated way, whereas the… — Caterina Fake Copy Share Image
I have never understood why it is called losing a child. No parent is that careless. We all know exactly where our… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Self-esteem and identity are very fragile things. I think a lot of times, those are the motivations for why people do take… — Nate Parker Copy Share Image
... he had understood, better than anyone ... the beauty that grew out of the simple knowledge that everything, no matter how… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Action can only be understood in relation to place; only by staying in place can the imagination conceive or understand action in… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The feeling it gave me was an odd combination of weightless self-pity and excitement. I understood my life was meaningless, and this… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
When you understand yourself, that very day you have understood the whole of humanity. Then nobody can make you miserable... — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
It's hard to be understood when addressing many people at once. How can you ever know if you're being understood? So, I've… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I have never understood the liberal assumption that if there were justice in the world, there would be fewer rather than more… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
I understand why people achieve a level of fame and disappear, I never understood it before, but it's an attractive prospect to… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
Have you ever noticed how some rooms exude a certain energy, warmth, and a harmony of spirit? If you have, then you… — Charlotte Moss Copy Share Image
I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
But you I never understood, Your spirit's secret hides like goldSunk in a Spanish galleon Ages ago in waters cold. — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
I've always said, "I love the women's movement, especially when walking behind it." And I have never understood why it is that… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The God understood as a father figure, who guided ultimate personal decisions, answered our prayers, and promised rewards and punishment based upon… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I took five hit records to Memphis, and '634-5789' was stolen from me totally. Those songs are worth millions. I've never understood… — Wilson Pickett Copy Share Image
When I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be who I am, I found myself.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I should say that all compromise is a "stepping down" of the Truth, is trying to reduce something which cannot be reduced,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
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