Nerds get caught up in minutiae, because there is a tremendous and fulfilling sense of control in understanding every single detail of a thing more than any other living creature.
I know a lot of people didn't understand why I came back, and people are still going to say it was stupid and it was the wrong decision. But I'm happy.
I understand what my gift is, which is making people laugh, hopefully. It's more on that level. I don't need to be a leading man, I'm fine with that.
Even if it is a vice to read science fiction, those who cannot understand the very temptation to that vice will not be likely to tell us anything of value about it.
It's interesting if you can talk about the large moments and also the small moments to understand the deepest complexities of a man by trying to imagine who they are.
She was an alien, really - a sort of eating, pooping, tantrum machine - and he didn't understand anything about her species.
One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily fully understanding it yourself.
Abortion is a right I feel must not go away, and I feel like people aren't mobilizing so much because it's so complicated and it's difficult to understand.
The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.” (Analects 2.11)
So I think, if September 11 taught us anything, it taught us that we're vulnerable, and vulnerable in ways that we didn't fully understand.
Your commitment to Jesus is a beautiful thing, but it will eventually dwindle down, unless you fully understand His commitment to you.
Athletes are born winners, there not born loosers, and the sooner you understand this, the faster you can take on a winning attitude and become sucessful in life.
I understand about the relative strengths of people, and I don't think people have to be anything. They can be nothin' if they want to be.
Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail.
At face value, the U.S. Congress, there is a - they have a long way to go before they fully appreciate and understand Iranian people.
When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they 'don't understand' one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.
Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.
Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on.
I certainly don't advocate terrorism as a way of progressing and understanding people, nor do I believe labeling everything as a terrorist act is helpful either.
I still find it hard to understand that anyone could argue that you can't have machines that exhibit consciousness.
The problem with at-home IQ tests is that too many people wouldn't understand the results. Calling customer service is a bad sign.
