Understood Quotes

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I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they became impatient for… — Rand Paul
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood. — William Penn
I cannot be understood in three minutes. — Sidney Poitier
I've never understood the 'things to do before you die' idea. If I was ill, I'd be in no mood to have a swim with… — Karl Pilkington
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the… — Karl Popper
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow. — Lawrence Clark Powell
Previous generations understood about death, and undoubtedly would have seen a reasonable amount of death. Once you get into the Victorian era, you might well… — Terry Pratchett
You want to be understood by the sophisticated few but you also have to be more loud somehow, otherwise your message doesn't go through. — Miuccia Prada
To understand the Left, one must understand that in its view the greatest evil is material inequality. The Left is more troubled by economic inequality… — Dennis Prager
It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different… — Marcel Proust
I see that not everyone in the West has understood that the Soviet Union has disappeared from the political map of the world and that… — Vladimir Putin
The United Nations' founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with America's consent, the veto by Security Council… — Vladimir Putin
People who have car collections - I never understood that. I always thought that was unnecessary. It's not beautiful, it's not creative. It's just showing… — Daniel Radcliffe
The one thing emphasized in any creative writing course is 'write what you know,' and that automatically drives a wooden stake through the heart of… — Tom Robbins
A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state,… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the… — Leo Rosten
Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough. If not well… — Donald Rumsfeld
The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, understood the twin sides of destruction and salvation. Their war aims… — Jeffrey Sachs
I believe that one can indeed work on two or more tasks at once, but in ways yet to be understood. — Marilyn vos Savant

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