Understood Quotes

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Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done… — John George Nicolay
The sun is perfect and you woke this morning. You have enough language in your mouth to be understood. You have a name, and someone… — Warsan Shire
May we help more than we hurt, may we seek to understand more than be understood and may we love more than we judge. — Cory Booker
That was what made them so hilarious and unafraid. That was the strength of the Nazis. [...] They understood God better than anyone. They knew… — Kurt Vonnegut
If we only understood that when we devote our lives to the glory of God, our existence on planet earth will leave marks---eternal marks. — Beth Moore
Yet, every time God's children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened. — Duke Ellington
Jesus not only understood Himself to be the promised Messiah, He also says and does things throughout the Gospels that make it clear He understood… — Keith Mathison
I had never really understood what an adventure life could be, if you followed your heart and did what you really wanted to do, which… — Sara Sheridan
If we understood the enigmas of life there would be no need for art. — Albert Camus
The life-force may be the least understood force on earth. — Norman Cousins
What the champions of suffrage understood was that the vote is not just a symbol of our equality, but that it can be, if used,… — Hillary Clinton
In microbiology the roles of mutation and selection in evolution are coming to be better understood through the use of bacterial cultures of mutant strains. — Edward Lawrie Tatum
George Washington understood that the Bible is the place where God's records of right and wrong are kept. — Randall Terry
A popular speaker, however unpopular and insignificant, has only to wind up his speech with half-a-dozen lines of Shakespeare (and to make it clearly understood… — W. S. Gilbert
Darwin, Marx, and Freud meet. They may have understood other things, but the human soul, and in particular the soul of Culture-man, they did not… — Francis Parker Yockey
If every parent understood the huge educational benefits and intense happiness brought about by reading aloud to their children, and if every parent- and every… — Mem Fox
I saw that I was in danger of becoming ordinary, and I understood that from now on I would have to be vigilant. — Steven Millhauser
I'd like to leave America for someplace where they would not know a word of English and I might be understood. — Dan Bern
Both Marx and Nietzsche understood that moral outrage is the last resort of the powerless. That is why Marx refused to issue moral condemnations of… — Robert Paul Wolff
In fantasy, impossible things exist. In science fiction, impossible things exist and can be understood by humans. In supernatural horror, impossible things exist and cannot… — Will Shetterly

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