Understood Quotes

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Of all the men that have run for president in the twentieth century, only George McGovern truly understood what a monument America could be to… — Hunter S. Thompson
I have long understood that losing always comes with the territory when you wander into the gambling business, just as getting crippled for life is… — Hunter S. Thompson
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood. — Henry David Thoreau
The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and… — James Thurber
My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was cracking up. — Gene Tierney
When I met Jack Kennedy, he was a serious young man with a dream. He was not a womanizer, not as I understood the term. — Gene Tierney
The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. — Lionel Trilling
When we launched the WineLibrary website in 1996, I didn't even own a computer yet. I just understood that there was an opportunity here to… — Gary Vaynerchuk
The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason. — Voltaire
I never understood why when you died, you didn't just vanish, everything could just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn't… — Andy Warhol
Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know… — Gerard Way
I don't want to be understood because if people understand me, they get tired of me. — Lil Wayne
I've never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies... Egotism and laziness. And they're all lit like television shows. — Orson Welles
There was a time before I felt I was a real writer, when I was a yarn spinner and I just wanted to tell story… — Joss Whedon
I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He's probably the best comedian who… — Ron White
I write to understand as much as to be understood. — Elie Wiesel
Women are made to be loved, not understood. — Oscar Wilde
Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse. — Cassandra Wilson
If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to… — Virginia Woolf

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