Understood Quotes

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When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of fact,… — Antonin Artaud
My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So,… — Lee Atwater
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. — Margaret Atwood
I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and… — Kevin Bacon
I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and is putting a lot of… — Javier Bardem
Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth… — Roland Barthes
While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four… — John Adams
It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree. — Charles Baudelaire
Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with others. — Martha Beck
Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support… — Theodore Bikel
I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal. — Jacqueline Bisset
Your voice is your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood. — Jacqueline Bisset
I guess I'm quite used to not being understood rather than being understood. — Bjork
One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even if you feel someone has… — Mary J. Blige
The first thing that I really understood politically and was old enough to get was the failed assassination attempt on Reagan. — Ben Affleck
If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet. — Niels Bohr
If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them. — Niels Bohr
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question. — Niels Bohr
I wasn't funny as a kid. I remember enjoying comedians, but I never understood it was a job choice or a profession. — Elayne Boosler
People never understood that there was Brian and The Boz. They were two completely different people. — Brian Bosworth

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