Understood Quotes

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Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. — Thomas Bulfinch
There is sometimes a peculiar confusion in the West that equates progress to whatever is recent or whatever is new, and it is time we… — Barbara Amiel
Two presidents pursued human rights policies that were serious and effective: Reagan and George W. Bush. They understood that American support for human rights activists… — Elliott Abrams
Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation. — Reverend Malcolm Boyd
I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that… — Kara DioGuardi
I just kind of understood it, and I threw my love for others and love for life into the character, and was having a blast.… — Jenna Elfman
When I did 'Battlestar Galactica' it was the first time I really understood science fiction. That was a very political drama, but set in spaceships… — Michelle Forbes
What is the art world? I never really understood. I started doing this stuff to do what I want to do. Not to be this… — Urs Fischer
The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you did… — Berry Gordy
You know, I've always just made the choices on my characters based on my connection to them, and I've made decisions that maybe other people… — Summer Glau
As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out… — Benny Goodman
To me, I've never understood why there is any question about are women as funny as men. — Judd Apatow
It must be understood that prime matter, and form as well, is neither generated nor corrupted, because every generation is from something to something. Now… — Thomas Aquinas
The new human type cannot be properly understood without awareness of what he is continuously exposed to from the world of things about him, even… — Theodor Adorno
Common sense is not something rigid and stationary, but is in continuous transformation, becoming enriched with scientific notions and philosophical opinions that have entered into… — Antonio Gramsci
Everything should be understood, and anything can be transformed - that is the modern view. — Susan Sontag
The difficulty lay with the mind accommodating itself to the notion of the plane, with all its weight, defying gravity, staying aloft. She understood the… — Anita Shreve
Those who wrote the Constitution clearly understood that power is dangerous and needs to be limited by being separated - separated not only into the… — Thomas Sowell
I must indeed abide the Doom of Men whether I will or nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood. — David Crystal

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