« All Understand Quotes · Oscar Wilde's Page
Understand Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- When a man does exactly what a woman expects him to do she doesn't think much of him. One should always do what a woman…
- The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very…
- Technique is really personality. That is the reason why the artist cannot teach it, why the pupil cannot learn it, and why the aesthetic critic…
- I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself. Sometimes I am so clever…
- There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with…
- The birds did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on one…
- No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide.…
- I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
- The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
- Love is fed by the imagination, by which we become wiser than we know, better than we feel, nobler than we are: by which we…
- There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at all,…
- And when wind and winter harden All the loveless land, It will whisper of the garden, You will understand.
- A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never
More Understand Quotes
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. — Aristotle
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand. — Neil Armstrong
- I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work. — David Attenborough
- The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is… — Dean Acheson
- Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. — Saint Augustine
- To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. — Marcus Aurelius
- One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. — Jane Austen
- Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain. — Jane Austen
- It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin. — Teresa of Avila