Understood Quotes

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My first thought when I came here was that I understood why there are so many great Irish writers - because there is something mystical… — Christopher Meloni
Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood. — Henry Miller
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both. — C. Wright Mills
Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women,… — Ho Chi Minh
Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do a national duty and go out and shop, surely people… — Joni Mitchell
Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood. — Moliere
If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well. — Moliere
I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything. — Van Morrison
Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it. — Alanis Morissette
I spend my happiest hours in reading Vedantic books. They are to me like the light of the morning, like the pure air of the… — Max Muller
Yes, now I understood for the first time that my soul was not so poor and empty as it had seemed to me, and that… — Max Muller
I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time… — Jack Nicholson
Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid. — Earl Nightingale
Look, the center right coalition in American politics today is best understood as a coalition of groups and individuals that on the issue that brings… — Grover Norquist
I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything. — Ted Nugent
At least I had that, one guy understood me. — Yoko Ono
Any 'artist' makes a living by expressing what others can't - because they're unaware of their feelings, they're too afraid to express those feelings, or… — Chuck Palahniuk
As I absorbed life here and understood it better, I just completely fell in love with England. — Gwyneth Paltrow
Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very… — Paracelsus
I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood. — Mandy Patinkin

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