Comprehend Quotes

465 quotes by 387 authors

To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer. — Johnathon Schaech
What fascinated me mostly about Mickey Cohen was that he, in his later years, hired someone to help him to comprehend literature, to help him… — Harvey Keitel
Those who read books cannot understand the teachings and, what's more, may even go astray. But those who try to observe the things going on… — Buddhadasa
Before I take my last breath, before my last flower withers, I wish to live, I wish to make love, I wish to be in… — Ahmad Shamloo
I want to feel both the beauty and the pain of the age we are living in. I want to survive my life without becoming… — Terry Tempest Williams
Like the pain of a bad wound, the effect of a deep shock takes some while to be felt. When a child is told, for… — Richard Adams
I can explain it to you, but I can't comprehend it for you. — Ed Koch
I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
There are various orders of beauty, causing men to make fools of themselves in various styles... but there is one order of beauty which seems… — George Eliot
We pass the word around; we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry; we meditate over the literature; we… — Lewis Thomas
I eagerly await new concepts and processes. I believe that the electronic image will be the next major advance. Such systems will have their own… — Ansel Adams
By means of corporal and temporal things we may comprehend the eternal and the spiritual. — Saint Augustine
What you call disorder is nothing else than one of the laws of the order you comprehend not and which you have erroneously named disorder… — Marquis de Sade
When the artist is truly the servant of the work, the work is better than the artist; Shakespeare knew how to listen to his work,… — Madeleine L'Engle
Because there are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by… — Niccolo Machiavelli
You may know God, but not comprehend Him. — Richard Baxter
Being healthy is a complete lifestyle for me. It allows my brain to function at a very high degree so I can comprehend all the… — Derrick Rose
The wisdom of the Lord is infinite as are also His glory and His power. Ye heavens, sing His praises; sun, moon, and planets, glorify… — Johannes Kepler
I am so stupid that I cannot understand philosophy; the antithesis of this is that philosophy is so clever that it cannot comprehend my stupidity.… — Soren Kierkegaard
It is because freedom means the renunciation of direct control of individual efforts that a free society can make use of so much more knowledge… — Friedrich August von Hayek

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