Understood Quotes

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The novel should be understood as a structure built to accommodate the greatest possible amount of cool stuff. — Steven Brust
I never understood what rules I was supposed to learn, and what rules I was supposed to break — Morton Feldman
The best agencies understood the importance of routines. The worst agencies were headed by people who never thought about it, and then wondered why no… — Charles Duhigg
The function of art is to make that understood which in the form of argument would be incomprehensible. — Constantin Brancusi
If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations, it would be… — Stephen Covey
Innovation often starts with the ordinary. They simply took what was "normal", and added a twist. They added an innovation. The innovation solved a key… — Dave Morin
If mathematics is to be understood widely, we need to emphasise its elegance and its applications. Sometimes it seems that universities want to emphasise how… — Johnny Ball
I am a successful lecturer in physics for popular audiences. The real entertainment gimmick is the excitement, drama and mystery of the subject matter. People… — Richard P. Feynman
The violent reaction on the recent development of modern physics can only be understood when one realises that here the foundations of physics have started… — Werner Heisenberg
I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise… — John Podesta
I understood early that beauty was power. — Kevyn Aucoin
I have never understood the importance of having children memorize battle dates. It seems like such a waste of mental energy. Instead, we could teach… — Louise Hay
When the Turkish authorities gave the orders for these deportations, they were merely giving the death warrant to a whole race; they understood this well,… — Henry Morgenthau, Sr.
Thus, be it understood, to demonstrate a theorem, it is neither necessary nor even advantageous to know what it means ... — Henri Poincare
By and large, the gospel of grace is neither proclaimed, understood, nor lived. — Brennan Manning
One curator said he didn't want my work in his gallery because it was so simple even children understood it. I thought, what a wonderful… — Ted Harrison
Art is a way of expression that has to be understood by everyone, everywhere. — Rufino Tamayo
I always knew that there was something that made me different, and by the time I was in high school, I understood what it was. — Mary Cheney
What good is a theory of how the universe works if itâ€™s a series of tensor equations that, even when understood, come nowhere tangential to… — Terence McKenna
The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better than… — David Herbert Donald

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