Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
The directors that I end up having a really good time with are the ones that understand the fluidity of the medium and are interested in catching lightning in a bottle.
Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel he can do no wrong.
One thing Republicans understand: In American elections, you have to choose from among only two people - not between the perfect and the good.
Throughout its history, the international Olympic Committee has struggled to spread its ideal of fraternity, friendship, peace and universal understanding.
At the beginning of the new century, it is the common aspiration of the peoples of the two countries to deepen mutual understanding, enhance trust, develop friendship and strengthen cooperation.
We need to kind of refresh our fear in order to refresh our understanding of how a safe place works.
We need a pedagogy free from fear and focused on the magic of children's innate quest for information and understanding.
Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
From Roger Bacon, the 13th century Franciscan who pioneered the scientific method, to George Lemaitre, the 20th century Belgian priest who first developed a mathematical foundation for the 'Big Bang,' people of faith have played a key role in advanci...
An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to judge of its future.
It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still doing it today with modern technology.
We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.
By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.
Take the decision in early March to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr. It was made apparently without knowledge or understanding of the nature of his movement or how widespread it is.
The more knowledge you've got, the more understanding you have, the better you are able to implement and pass it on to others.
I think understanding your life as a story is a really terrific way of kind of knowing where you are and knowing who you are.
I wouldn't do the music thing if it weren't for my brother, who's a producer. He understands me and helps my vision come to life.
An optimist understands that life can be a bumpy road, but at least it is leading somewhere. They learn from mistakes and failures, and are not afraid to fail again.
In teaching, regard must be had to the faculties possessed by the pupil. In childhood, memory; in youth, the understanding; in mature life, the reason is the predominating faculty.
