Understood Quotes

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I've been around golf my whole life. My father did it all the time, and I resented him for it. But a couple years ago… — Fred Durst
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a… — Black Elk
I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not able… — Black Elk
Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
During the Middle Ages they understood that words accompanied by imagery are much more memorable. By making the margins of a book colorful and beautiful,… — Joshua Foer
The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood. — Alexander Haig
Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me.… — Tom Hanks
In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of… — Garrett Hardin
His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no… — Ernest Hemingway
When I came to Los Angeles, it was the first time that I ever felt like I belong somewhere. Not because it was wacky, but… — Jennifer Love Hewitt
The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able… — Thomas Hobbes
One aspect of fast London life I have never understood, for example, is the custom of the gym. Why do people go to gyms? — Tom Hodgkinson
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood. — Elbert Hubbard
Remember those black-and-white films with Frank Sinatra? Those guys looked like men and they were only 27! Listen to Otis Redding singing 'Try A Little… — Chrissie Hynde
Human rights will be a powerful force for the transformation of reality when they are not simply understood as externally defined norms of behavior but… — Daisaku Ikeda
I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour. — William Ralph Inge
Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media.… — Lyndon B. Johnson
When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like… — Michael Jordan
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. — Helen Keller

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