Understood Quotes

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I think it is impossible to explain faith. It is like trying to explain air, which one cannot do by dividing it into its component… — Patrick White
Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom… — Chuck Hagel
Let it be understood, in the first place, that a science fiction story must be an exposition of a scientific theme and it must be… — Hugo Gernsback
For him to have understood me would have meant reorganizing his thinking... giving up his intellectual ballast, and few people are willing to risk such… — Edward T. Hall
Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the… — Wislawa Szymborska
Our co-founder and company president, Jim Levy, came from a record industry background and understood the marketing and promotion of artists as well as products.… — David Crane
These kids understood what is not immediately obvious; that they were going to pay the bills for tax cuts that had been passed today or… — Tom Allen
I want it understood that all these men fought for principle, not for plunder, and that they were true-hearted, honorable soldiers, fighting for what they… — Cole Younger
This was a tragic event in human history, but by paying tribute to the Armenian community we ensure the lessons of the Armenian genocide are… — Jerry Costello
It always amazed me that he was able to do it, and that Orson Welles was able to do it. I never understood it because… — Mark Rydell
I know some people who never have any difficulties to speak of. The moment I understood your premisses, I felt sure you had a real… — Asa Gray
There are already a lot of devices in our lives that have rich text or the ability to handle graphics. Our devices are designed to… — David Rose
But picketing - picketing for or against something, and handing out literature - these are conspicuously formal actions. They have to be understood as indirect… — Tony Conrad
The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as popularly understood, does… — Alfred Russel Wallace
Walt understood all of those things, and even common things about people. For instance: Usually you get your idea of what kind of day it… — John Hench
I believe Johnson understood that the reason was Vietnam. I also believe that he felt that if there was a way to communicate the real… — Lew Wasserman
This quality, I mean Geoffrey was with me, was very easy doing - he loved me very much, I loved him very much, and we… — Victoria de los Angeles
With Vietman, we found ourselves involved there before we really understood what was going on. — Bob Schieffer
One of the biggest things I understood in a program like that was that it allowed more young African American scholars to do field research… — Bernice Johnson Reagon
The Constitution was written by 55 educated and highly intelligent men in Philadelphia in 1787, but it was written so that it could be understood… — John Jay Hooker

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