Understood Quotes

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Oh, I have a habit of letting myself be lectured on the things I know best. I like to see if they are understood in… — Alfred de Vigny
That is what I have always understood to be the essence of anarchism: the conviction that the burden of proof has to be placed on… — Noam Chomsky
I've crossed these sands many times," said one of the camel drivers one night. "But the desert is so huge, and the horizons so distant,… — Paulo Coelho
The less I understood of this farrago, the less I was in a position to judge of its importance. — Robert Louis Stevenson
If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue. — Bell Hooks
I believe every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. Violence should not be answered just by greater violence but… — Jean Vanier
Finally, the truth. Lying with his face pressed into the dusty carpet of the office where he had once thought he was learning the secrets… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear… — C.S. Lewis
The contract between the author and the reader is a game. And the game . . . is one of the greatest invetions of Western… — Carlos Fuentes
Nothing is more comical than seriousness understood as a virtue that has to precede all important literature — Julio Cortazar
But when the fairy sang the whole world listened to him. Stephen felt clouds pause in their passing; he felt sleeping hills shift and murmur;… — Susanna Clarke
If she know how strongly he felt, she'd have run out the door. He wasn't used to the possessive, or the savage joy she brought… — Patricia Briggs
Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understood each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of… — Shel Silverstein
Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood. — Leonardo da Vinci
He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside â€” why is the beauty so much… — Dodie Smith
Okay, okay, okay. I understood that pushing the elevator button over and over again would not make the elevator appear sooner. But I couldn't help… — James Patterson
All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal… — Alexander Pope
But I still couldn't figure out what it all meant. The more I found out, the less I understood. — Jonathan Safran Foer
No one could tell you: you just had to go through it on your own. If you were lucky, you came out on the other… — Sarah Dessen
The voice belonged to Mr. Pzyrbovich, an algebra teacher who was always called Mr. P, for obvious reasons. He has a heavy accent, which a… — Dave Barry

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