Really Understand Quotes

188 quotes by 163 authors

I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. — Orson Scott Card
That is one thing I've learned, that it is possible to really understand things at certain points, and not be able to retain them, to… — Ann Patchett
You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. — Albert Einstein
How deluded we sometimes are by the clear notions we get out of books. They make us think that we really understand things of which… — Thomas Merton
The problem, as I see it, is that you've been told and not told. You've been told, but none of you really understand, and I… — Kazuo Ishiguro
You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making. As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Yes, alive,â€ said Fudge. â€œThat is â€” I donâ€™t know â€” is a man alive if he canâ€™t be killed? I donâ€™t really understand it,… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
What I'm not sure about, is if our lives have been so different from the lives of the people we save. We all complete. Maybe… — Kazuo Ishiguro
Do you know what people really want? Everyone, I mean. Everybody in the world is thinking: I wish there was just one other person I… — Doris Lessing
The jury is supposed to be twelve peers, but technically that would mean every single person on the jury should have Asperger's syndrome, because then… — Jodi Picoult
Most of my friends are into strange things I don't really understand - and with a few shameful exceptions I wish them all well. Who… — Hunter S. Thompson
But sometimes you can't figure everything out because you can't ever really understand other people. You can't understand why they do what they do. You… — William Landay
How was it that Adrian Ivashkov, who never seemed to take anything seriously was the only one among these "responsible" people who paid attention to… — Richelle Mead
How much can we ever know about the love and pain in another's heart? How much can we hope to understand those who have suffered… — Orhan Pamuk
Can you tell me where to find Tobias'? I ask. When I imagine his face, affection for him bubbles up inside of me and all… — Veronica Roth
If you really understand the meaning of be-bop, you understand the meaning of freedom. — Thelonious Monk
Dancing is very important to people who play music with a beat. I think that people who don't dance, or who never did dance, don't… — Duke Ellington
The only way one can really understand what we are is by knowing yourself. — Nirmala Srivastava
Most beginning writers - and I was the same - are like chefs trying to cook great dishes that they've never tasted themselves. How can… — Daniel Quinn
When people really understand the Big Bang and the whole sweep of the evolution of the universe, it will be clear that humans are fairly… — George Smoot

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