Understood Quotes

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I always enjoyed playing ball, and it didn't matter to me whether I played with white kids or black. I never understood why an issue… — Willie Mays
The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book. — John McCain
A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it. — Jean Anouilh
Art is an international language, understood by all. — Igor Babailov
When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never… — DeForest Soaries
Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb... he seems to… — Douglas MacArthur
King Arthur and his armored goons of the Round Table functioned as the Politburo of a slave state: Camelot. Of all who have written on… — Edward Abbey
Had the news of salvation by Jesus Christ been inscribed on the face of the sun and the moon, in characters that all nations would… — Thomas Paine
There was no such person as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was an invention of hers. A genius invention that she created, like an author creates… — Richard Avedon
My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy (philosophically understood, meaning abolition of control not whiskered men with bombs). — J.R.R. Tolkien
I donâ€™t have to say to you or anyone in our WRESTLING community that we are a small world unto ourselves and there is often… — John Irving
The rights of man as the foundation of just Government had been long understood but the superstructures projected had been sadly defective — James Madison
Genius is never understood in its own time. — Bill Watterson
Pension: An allowance made to anyone without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason… — Samuel Johnson
There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof, I hope, there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am… — Jonathan Swift
He obtained from Congress the right to borrow from the people by selling to it the 'bonds' of States ... and the Government and the… — Otto von Bismarck
A dream that is not understood remains a mere occurrence; understood it becomes a living experience. — Carl Jung
The art of reading is the art of adopting the pace the author has set. Some books are fast and some are slow, but no… — Mark Van Doren
Now, the language that had grown up and formed itself on those principles is what one is dealing with, and the problem is to bring… — Robert Fitzgerald
The progression of a painterâ€™s workâ€¦will be toward clarity; toward the elimination of all obstacles between the painter and the idea, and between the idea… — Mark Rothko

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