I Understood Quotes

249 quotes by 219 authors

Thirty-nine years of my life had passed before I understood that clouds were not my enemy; that they were beautiful, and that I needed them.… — Iimani David
As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized. — Charles Alexander Eastman
I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world. And while I… — Black Elk
The most authentic Russian Impressionism leaves one perplexed if one compares it with Monet and Pissarro. Here, in the Louvre, before the canvases of Manet,… — Marc Chagall
My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it. — Claude Monet
I understood....that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history. — Laura Ingalls Wilder
Before a fight I'm always afraid... before I used to have a hard time just dealing with it because I would try to run away… — Rashad Evans
It was a strange lightness, a drifting feeling. Zero gravity. I understood that everything that once seemed solid and immovable might just float away. And… — Lisa Unger
The moment I understood this - that my Parkinson's was the one thing I wasn't going to change - I started looking at the things… — Michael J. Fox
It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed. — Vin Diesel
I've been around golf my whole life. My father did it all the time, and I resented him for it. But a couple years ago… — Fred Durst
And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a… — Black Elk
My inspiration was my mom. She's a great cook, and she still cooks, and we still banter back and forth about cooking. Growing up in… — Emeril Lagasse
I think there's a form of honesty, because I used to be very honest with the press, and then it backfired on me, and I… — Shia LaBeouf
My first thought when I came here was that I understood why there are so many great Irish writers - because there is something mystical… — Christopher Meloni
I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything. — Van Morrison
Yes, now I understood for the first time that my soul was not so poor and empty as it had seemed to me, and that… — Max Muller
I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood. — Mandy Patinkin
Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher… — Nina Simone
At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn't… — Wislawa Szymborska

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