Comprehending Quotes

45 quotes by 43 authors

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne. — Pearl S. Buck
Bart Giamatti did not grow up (as he had dreamed) to play second base for the Red Sox. He became a professor at Yale, and… — David Halberstam
The utilitarian behaves sensibly in all that is required for preservation but never takes account of the fact that he must die...His whole life is… — Allan Bloom
Elderly people and those in authority cannot always be relied upon to take enlightened and comprehending views of what they call the indiscretions of youth. — Winston Churchill
The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in comprehending Western subjects. — Lafcadio Hearn
Empathy involves the inner experience of sharing in and comprehending the momentary psychological state of another person. — Roy Schafer
There was a blithe certainty that came from first comprehending the full Einstein field equations, arabesques of Greek letters clinging tenuously to the page, a… — Gregory Benford
No doubt there are some who, when confronted with a line of mathematical symbols, however simply presented, can only see the face of a stern… — Roger Penrose
Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours and aspirations in the activities… — Richardson Wright
Creativity helps us realize that we don't have to understand everything. We can enjoy something -feel it and use it- without ever fully comprehending it. — Faith Ringgold
The duties of men are summarily comprised in the Ten Commandments, consisting of two tables; one comprehending the duties which we owe immediately to God-the… — Noah Webster
It is time to extend planning to a wider field, in this instance comprehending in one great project many states directly concerned with the basin… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Listening and hearing are two different things, and acting is comprehending what the person is saying, thinking how it makes you feel and responding. That's… — David Wenham
The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can… — Neal A. Maxwell
This is the sum; my brethren, preach Christ, always and evermore. He is the whole gospel. His person, offices, and work must be our one… — Charles Spurgeon
Ordinary people who know nothing of phonetics or elocution have difficulties in understanding slow speech composed of perfect sounds, while they have no difficulty in… — Alexander Graham Bell
Only a life lived for others is a life worth while . I have no special gift. I am only passionately curious . I want… — Albert Einstein
... teaching cannot be a process of transference of knowledge from the one teaching to the learner. This is the mechanical transference from which results… — Paulo Freire
In certain strains of Judaism, there's a profound passion for the ineffable. Contemplation of God is meant to be forever elusive, because, you know, our… — Ben Marcus
Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture. — Daniel Dennett

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