Understood Quotes

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The 'deep' civic function of the humanities . . . is something understood very well by totalitarian societies, which tend to keep close tabs on… — Mark Slouka
People usually complain that music is so ambiguous, and what they are supposed to think when they hear it is so unclear, while words are… — Felix Mendelssohn
I have never understood the saying 'To think outside the box.' Why would anyone sit inside of a box and then think outside of it.… — Lawrence Anthony
It's a time to reflect and appreciate all the contributions that others have made to my career and my life. My vision is nothing that… — Karen Kain
I manage because I have to. Because I've no other way out. Because I've overcome the vanity and pride of being different, I've understood that… — Andrzej Sapkowski
In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated merchants… — Jack Weatherford
The enchantment of the sky, ever changing beauty almost ignored. Beyond words, without fixed form, not to be understood, or stated. It ravished away dullness,… — Florida Scott-Maxwell
I also wanted to do something that I hadn't really seen in almost any black novels, which was a complex love story in which both… — Stanley Crouch
So long as the processes of healing were not understood and man thought that the power to heal resided in substances and things outside of… — Herbert M. Shelton
The efficiency of God may be understood as either creation or providence. — William Ames
A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism. — Lord Acton
Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn't understood it. — Niels Bohr
And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn't yet understood the first thing about it. — Niels Bohr
I think when you see so many Hindu temples of the 10th century or earlier disfigured, defaced, you realise that something terrible happened. I feel… — V.S. Naipaul
When you say 'mother' or 'father' you describe three different phenomena. There is the giant who made you and loomed over your early years; there… — Rebecca Solnit
I don't want to convert people to Buddhism â€” all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good. — Dalai Lama
I mean, I understand that because they're disadvantaged that they deserve their own parking spots, but do they have to make them so wide? I… — Zach Braff
I never really understood all the hype, until I got one of my own. — Zach Braff
But that's the nature of the beast. It's understood going in what the human toll will be. — Timothy McVeigh
When women hear those words, an old, old memory is stirred and brought back to life. The memory is of our absolute, undeniable, and irrevocable… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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