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
The time has come to recover the valiant courage of our forefathers, who understood that faith and freedom are inseparable, and that… — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
There are other great writers who are not read properly in their own day for the reason, perhaps, that their readers are… — Caroline Gordon Copy Share Image
He thought he suddenly understood. For the Lincon-shire sergeant-major the word Peace meant that a man could stand up on a hill.… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war. — Confucius Copy Share Image
After 25 years in the profession, I have understood that being a reader or viewer is a task of great responsibility. — Ravish Kumar Copy Share Image
A regret understood by no one: the regret to be a pessimist. It’s not easy to be on the wrong foot with… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
I had a few problems. I didn't realise it until I started going to therapy. I did it for 10 years, two… — Stefano Gabbana Copy Share Image
We were thus led to organize ourselves, as men who had fought the war together, in order to support those statesmen who… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
A story has its purpose and its path. It must be told correctly for it to be understood. — Marcus Sedgwick Copy Share Image
I grew to understand or really grasp a sense of what the power of being humble is - that becomes a practice.… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
The critics try to intellectualize my material. There's no satire involved. Satire is a concept that can only be understood by adults.… — Andy Kaufman Copy Share Image
A great step forward was made the day men understood that in order to torment one another more efficiently they would have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There was no singles problem until singles got so single-minded that they stopped wasting time with anyone ineligible. Before that, it was… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Some string theorists prefer to believe that string theory is too arcane to be understood by human beings, rather than consider the… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
You know, we have little bits of understanding, glimpses, a little bit of light here and there, but there's a tremendous amount… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think what it was is that Tupac was extremely passionate, very honest and raw in his approach to communicating. He understood… — Afeni Shakur Copy Share Image
The Free Exercise Clause at the very least was designed to guarantee freedom of conscience by prohibiting any degree of compulsion in… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
The fact that the Arctic, more than any other populated region of the world, requires the collaboration of so many disciplines and… — Bruce Jackson Copy Share Image
