Common Quote by Leo Tolstoy

Some people, frankly, are limited in their ability to understand what's possible. Some people just can't see what they've never seen. And that's okay.…

— Kamala Harris

There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the…

— Anne Rice

Most of the crackpot papers which are submitted to The Physical Review are rejected, not because it is impossible to understand them, but because…

— Freeman Dyson

To understand possible means to understand impossible.

— Dejan Stojanovic

As for me, I cannot understand how it is possible not to be always thinking of God.

— Paul of the Cross

For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to…

— Rita Dove

Yes, there was a time when I failed to understand the system. I would go for auditions, but I wouldn't get any parts. I…

— Amit Sadh

She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

During the summer, Screen Gems launched the New Monkees, which miserably failed I understand. I never saw it.

— Davy Jones

For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about the lack of respect…

— Rita Dove

I routinely failed to understand that 'simple and straightforward' would have been a much better product strategy for Lotus.

— Mitch Kapor

The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand.

— George Edward Moore