I Understood Quotes

249 quotes by 219 authors

I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world may still know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the… — Viktor E. Frankl
It was really important in my relationship with James Caan that I understood the relationship between the family and the father. — Jeanne Tripplehorn
I've just done a commercial in the U.S. in which I talk about stocks, shares and bonds. Everyone is amazed. They ask me: 'You really… — Anna Kournikova
Turkeys are misunderstood. Once I adopted turkeys, I understood this large bird to be a great companion. — Linda Blair
In exchange for his first taste of powdered milk, Pascal showed me a tree we could climb to find a bird's nest. After we handled… — Barbara Kingsolver
As soon as I came to believe there was a God, I understood that I could not do otherwise than live only for him. — Charles de Foucauld
I understood about fear. And I knew better than anyone in that room what Mouse was capable of. But still I had been raised in… — Walter Mosley
It never really was difficult for me not starting because I understood the circumstances. — Cedric Benson
I understood that the will could not be improved before the mind had been enlightened. — Johann Heinrich Lambert
In the beginning, I would find a character I understood. That was my focus. Not now - but you basically get offered the exact same… — Channing Tatum
I understood that 'The Yellow Birds' would be a peculiar representation of the experience of being at war. I intended it to be so. — Kevin Powers
When you grow up around it, I just watched my father work really hard. He wasn't around as much as I would have liked. And… — Katey Sagal
I understood that I was not the best director in the world nor the worst director in the world. I realized that there is a… — Joe Mantello
I understood once I held a baby in my arms, why some people have the need to keep having them. — Spalding Gray
In the Anthropology Club, as I understood it, you were permitted, if not required, to despise only one thing, and that was your own culture,… — Charles Portis
Well, with the French language, which I understood and spoke, however imperfectly, and read in great quantities, at certain times, the matter I suppose was… — Robert Fitzgerald
I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year, if I continued to read great books, eventually I would… — Augusten Burroughs
I must indeed abide the Doom of Men whether I will or nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I had a vague idea of the song's impact in the '60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail and threats I was receiving.… — Janis Ian
Dad was the first man I fell in love with. He was a very funny man. He grew up in the East End of London… — Patsy Kensit

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