Quotes of: Explaining Keyword

Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.

E.B. White

There is nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitor.

Frank Howard Clark

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

Charles Dickens

I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.

Charlotte Gainsbourg

If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

It is hard to explain the huge variety of diatoms - a microorganism that has 100,000 species - in terms of natural selection.

John Tyler Bonner

It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain yourself to.

Billie Jean King

Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.

Brian Tracy

Maybe it’s time to set aside intellectualism and experience the wonders of things that can’t be explained.

Jennifer Ott

At the moment there are some England players who are the stars of their club teams, but not for their country. It's difficult to explain.

Diego Maradona

The theory of evolution is totally inadequate to explain the origin and manifestation of the inorganic world.

John Ambrose Fleming

There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then.

Hazel Scott

Don: Apparently it's for security. [Explaining the boxing arena]

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Joe Miller: Now, explain it to me like I'm a four-year-old.

Philadelphia

They explained to me that the bank cannot lend money to poor people because these people are not creditworthy.

Muhammad Yunus

The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it.

Andy Goldsworthy

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?

Jean Cocteau

The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of music is explained right there.

Pierre Schaeffer

Thor: [about Stark] With the exception of this one, everything can be explained.

Avengers: Age of Ultron

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.

Ansel Adams

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

Albert Einstein