Understand Why Quotes

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Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings,… — Thomas More
I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners… — P.J. O'Rourke
It appears to me that it [sin] is simply an attempt to penetrate into another and higher sphere in a forbidden manner. You can understand… — Arthur Machen
I can understand why those primitive desert people think a camera steals their soul. It is unnatural to see yourself from the outside. — Nigella Lawson
But I think there are some who believe they are actually protecting women, you know, and that it is better for women to be taken… — Madeleine Albright
I thought my goal in life was to be in a successful band, and I had got that, but I was as miserable as I… — Trent Reznor
I will never understand why they cook on TV. I can't smell it. Can't eat it. Can't taste it. The end of the show they… — Jerry Seinfeld
They always ask me the same questions. Where was I born? When did I start singing? Who have I worked with? I don't understand why… — Sarah Vaughan
I find it hard to understand why those who demand Unitary Education by the State do not also demand a Unitary Press by the State...… — Frederic Bastiat
Murdering someone would surely prove that you are capable of killing, but it wouldn't be the most reasonable way to understand why you shouldn't do… — Jonathan Safran Foer
If you're a big Nirvana fan, a big Hole fan, then I understand why you would want to get to know me, but I'm not… — Frances Bean Cobain
When Sir Winton Turnbull [who represented a large rural seat] was raving and ranting on the adjournment and shouted: â€œI am a Country memberâ€. I… — Gough Whitlam
And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan… — Fred Thompson
One day Donald Trump will discover that he is owned by Lutheran Brotherhood and must re negotiate his debt load with a committee of silent… — Garrison Keillor
I was devastated by the loss of my job in March, although I can understand why it occurred. — Steven Hatfill
If one can understand why people behave as they do then often the road to forgiveness is opened. Not only is forgiveness essential for the… — Terry Waite
We may not understand why certain things occur in our lives, but we understand who to run to when they do. — Dillon Burroughs
I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going… — Barry Hughart
I don't understand why people don't understand that the world of TV should look like the world outside of TV. — Shonda Rhimes
But actually a code is a language for translating one thing into another. And mathematics is the language of science. My big thesis is that… — Marcus du Sautoy

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