Understood Quotes

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Anything worth knowing cannot be understood by the human mind. — Woody Allen
Men... performed better when they understood why they were being asked to carry out a task. — John Flanagan
I searched everywhere for a proof of reality, when all the while I understood quite well that the standard of reality had changed — Algernon Blackwood
I've never understood all this fuss people make about the dawn. I've seen a few and they're never as good as the photographs, which have… — Douglas Adams
You see, Greg, my mother is going through a feline phase. Blinky is a Persian,' Hale said simply, as if that should explain everything. 'Binky… — Ally Carter
Ernest once told me that the word paradise was a Persian words that meant walled garden. I knew then that he understood how necessary the… — Paula McLain
They were not friends, Comdrade Pillai and Inspector Thomas Matthew, and they didn't trust each other. But they understood each other perfectly. They were both… — Arundhati Roy
I understood that in this small space of time we had mutually surrendered our loneliness and replaced it with trust. — Patti Smith
The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new… — Alain de Botton
I had never understood what people meant when they said they'd rather be alone if they couldn't be in the right relationship. Now I got… — Emily Giffin
I never understood why you tried so hard to fit in, when you were obviously meant to stand out. — Tonya Hurley
There is a beautiful expression of this in the Chandogya Upanishad: 'There is this City of Brahman, (that is the body), and in this city… — Bede Griffiths
This, more than anything else, is what I have never understood about your people. You can roll dice, and understand that the whole game may… — Robin Hobb
It was a part of myself that was my enemy; I still had a childish illusion that the flesh on my own bones was somehow… — MacDonald Harris
He understood that in walking to atone for the mistakes he had made, it was also his journey to accept the strangeness of others. — Rachel Joyce
I am still learning about love. I thought I understood it--not just mother love, but the love for one's parents, for one's husband, and for… — Lisa See
If we had paid attention, we would have understood there are some things in this world you cannot outrun. — Alice Hoffman
It would be like describing colors to someone blind from birth: The words might be understood, but the concept would remain mysterious and private. — Nicholas Sparks
I understood that pain was real and sometimes things didn't last. Sometimes you just had to enjoy it while it lasts and cherish it when… — Abbi Glines
You gave me back the paradise That I thought I lost for good You helped me find the reasons why It took me by surprise… — Madonna Ciccone
He understood then that neither time nor distance had lessened his love for her. But was love that made him ache with suffering truly worth… — Guillaume Musso
When I was twelve, I was interviewed by a doctoral candidate in education and asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I… — Judith Butler
She raised her eyebrows in a look that she hoped conveyed how much she was all right with him leaving her. After all, he was… — Marissa Meyer
It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I knew then that I had never understood what humans called love. But if that was anything close to the power you held over me,… — Abbi Glines

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