Interpret Quotes

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The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb to trend, they should interpret trend. — Rachel Zoe
They were things for which it was impossible to prepare but which one spent a lifetime looking back at, trying to accept, interpret, comprehend. Things… — Jhumpa Lahiri
Hatred seems to work on the same glands as love: it even produces the same actions. If we had not been taught how to interpret… — Graham Greene
I walk up and down the rows. The heads look like rubber halloween masks. They also look like human heads, but my brain has no… — Mary Roach
We tell ourselves stories in order to live...We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in the murder of… — Joan Didion
She would have liked to sit upon a rock and listen to words, not of any man, but detached, mysterious, poetic words that she alone… — Patrick White
Is it too much to expect from the schools that they train their students not only to interpret but to criticize; that is, to discriminate… — Mortimer Adler
If you want to interpret well and confidently, set Christ before you, for He is the man to whom it all applies, every bit of… — Martin Luther
[The Bible] has to be interpreted. And if it isnâ€™t interpreted, then it canâ€™t be put into action. So if we are serious about following… — Rob Bell
Holmes had cultivated the ability to still the noise of the mind, by smoking his pipe and playing nontunes on the violin. He once compared… — Laurie R. King
Should we be mindful of dreams?" Joseph asked. "Can we interpret them?" The Master looked into his eyes and said tersely: "We should be mindful… — Hermann Hesse
Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it. — Arthur Golden
[T]he scripture worshippers put the writings ahead of God. Instead of interpreting God's actions in nature, for example, they interpret nature in the light of… — Sheri S. Tepper
Creativity is more about taking the facts, fictions, and feelings we store away and finding new ways to connect them. What we're talking about here… — Twyla Tharp
They ended every speech with the word hiro, which means: like I said. Thus each man took responsibility for intruding into the inarticulate murmur of… — Leonard Cohen
I saw all races, all colors, blue eyed blonds to black skinned Africans in true brotherhood! In unity! Living as one! Worshiping as one! No… — Malcolm X
Now that physics is proving the intelligence of the universe what are we to do about the stupidity of mankind? I include myself. I know… — Jeanette Winterson
We start off with high hopes, then we bottle it. We realise that weâ€™re all going to die, without really finding out the big answers.… — Irvine Welsh
But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny. Myth expresses in terms of the world - that… — Paul Ricoeur

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