Understood Quotes

2381 quotes by 1732 authors

Vincente understood all too well what was happening to Liza; he had gone through it 40 years earlier with my mother. — Lorna Luft
But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not… — Frances Wright
The fact that the Arctic, more than any other populated region of the world, requires the collaboration of so many disciplines and points of view… — Bruce Jackson
What do you think, that a dollar in a savings account is freedom? Maybe you have understood nothing I have said. — Klaus Kinski
This was the first day of our beginning to take up plants: we had much pleasure in collecting them for the natives offered their assistance… — William Bligh
A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn… — George Gurdjieff
I never was coddled, or liked, or understood by my family. — Ethel Waters
Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence. — Ethel Waters
Throughout Soviet times, I understood what was really happening in the world around me. — Lennart Meri
No data on air propellers was available, but we had always understood that it was not a difficult matter to secure an efficiency of 50%… — Orville Wright
We were thus led to organize ourselves, as men who had fought the war together, in order to support those statesmen who had truly understood… — Rene Cassin
Bertelsmann understood our vision when they first invested in us... They still believe in that vision. — Shawn Fanning
And to understand this, I think this is a most important point where I would like always to be understood what we do with the… — Kurt Masur
Spanish alone was understood or spoken here; our friend, the countryman, stuck to us most nobly, he understood us not a bit better than the… — George Grey
I was at first but I mean I thought at first that I wanted a little bit of that in there but the reasoning behind… — Brandon Routh
I became interested in making books, starting about 1965, when I did the Serial Project #1, deciding that I needed a small book to show… — Sol LeWitt
I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through antiquity, I think our time can be understood through the… — Ian Hamilton Finlay
Mr. Speaker, on September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked, and Britain stood with us. This was not only an attack against America, but… — Vito Fossella
None of us really understood exactly how much Star Wars would affect us for the rest of our lives. — Jake Lloyd
Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who… — George Savile

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