Interpret Quotes

369 quotes by 330 authors

When someone is trying to interpret something for you, they always have an agenda. — Penn Jillette
I'm so reluctant to do newspaper interviews because it's so misleading how they interpret what you say. — Davy Jones
It's better for the listener to interpret their own meanings to the music. — Kelly Jones
People shouldn't trust artists and they shouldn't trust art. Part of the fun of art is that it invites you to interpret it. — Tony Kushner
Symptoms, those you believe you recognize, seem to you irrational because you take them in an isolated manner, and you want to interpret them directly. — Jacques Lacan
The Beatles never sounded intimidated by their idols. They never interpreted old rock; they simply played it as well and as joyfully as they knew… — Jon Landau
Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand. — Jack London
Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it. — Andre Malraux
Like a historian, I interpret, select, discard, shape, simplify. Unlike a historian, I make up people's thoughts. — Hilary Mantel
Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason. — Jon Meacham
I get the lyrics of a tune and interpret them my way. — Kylie Minogue
Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life. — Novalis
Occasionally we have to interpret an international treaty - one, perhaps, affecting airlines and liability for injury to passengers or damage to goods. Then, of… — Sandra Day O'Connor
Holy scripture does not hold women back. It's the people that decide to interpret it in such a way for their own, sometimes political, agendas. — Queen Rania of Jordan
You see, it's never the environment; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret… — Tony Robbins
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but… — Tony Robbins
And I like to interpret music. So I think it's all interpretive. — Katey Sagal
I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams. — Susan Sontag
It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading. — Mike Tyson
No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions. — Elie Wiesel

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