Understood Quotes

2381 Understood quotes by 1698 unique authors

Our Founding Fathers understood that our country would survive and flourish if our Nation was committed to good character and an unyielding dedication to liberty… — George W. Bush
More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood. — Thomas Boswell
I understood that you would take the Human Race in the concrete, have exploded the absurd notion of Pope's Essay on Man, [Erasmus] Darwin, and… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Primates stand at a turning point in the course of evolution. Primates are to the biologist what viruses are to the biochemist. They can be… — Alison Jolly
The first objection to Darwinism is that it is only a guess and was never anything more. It is called a "hypothesis," but the word… — William Jennings Bryan
It is a pity to make a mystery out of what should most easily be understood. There is nothing occult about the thought that all… — Oscar Wilde
Oh, that we fully understood how very opposite our self-righteousness is to the designs of God! — Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
Although I was always very happy in Britain, I never stopped thinking of America as home, in the fundamental sense of the term. It was… — Bill Bryson
It must be understood that, as adults, we are all terminal. — Jacob K. Javits
George W. Bush was president through some of the darkest days of our history and yet his optimism never waned. He is optimistic by nature,… — Mark McKinnon
I remember when Circuit City was around, I never understood why people would shop there. I always thought Best Buy had a better selection and… — Kerry King
My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character.… — Kate Winslet
Before babies, I worked very hard to make sure I understood my surroundings and figured out where I fit in the world, whether it was… — Neil Patrick Harris
I enjoyed mathematics from a very young age. At the beginning of college, I had this illusion, which was kind of silly in retrospect, that… — Erez Lieberman Aiden
The farther we peer into space, the more we realize that the nature of the universe cannot be understood fully by inspecting spiral galaxies or… — Robert Lanza
You know, even growing up going to school, I had teachers that were against bilingual teaching. I never understood that. My parents always had me… — Emily Rios
In principle, if you understood the mechanisms of keeping things repaired, you could keep things going indefinitely. — Cynthia Kenyon
I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love. — Therese of Lisieux
I have always felt an excellent rapport ever since my very first concert in Britain at Hampton Court. I have always felt understood. The British… — Andrea Bocelli
Human rights, of course, must include the right to religious freedom, understood as the expression of a dimension that is at once individual and communitarian… — Pope Benedict XVI
I have never understood the clamour for waif-like women whose flesh acts merely as a thin veil for their bones - much as I would… — Clare Balding
When white supremacy becomes institutional, it begins to harm the very people who are not simply outside of it because of their race, it begins… — Michael Eric Dyson
When I was a kid - 10, 11, 12, 13 - the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted… — Fiona Apple
If a person says or does something that we consider offensive, our first obligation is to refuse to take offense and then communicate privately, honestly,… — David A. Bednar
Mysteries once thought to be supernatural or paranormal happenings - such as astronomical or meteorological events - are incorporated into science once their causes are… — Michael Shermer

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