Quotes of: Understanding Keyword

I have a very open mind. I believe that there's a spirit world. I believe that there's a lot of stuff out there that we don't know about, don't want to understand, and sometimes we don't want to understand it.

Anthony Head

Understand is not the word; you are right, you can never really 'understand' about someone, anyone, even yourself. It is best to believe in them as human; feel that they are alive like you and need warmth, concern.

Love

Banishing those evil twins: -Talk about values -Don’t assume people understand your motives -Don’t be above explaining yourself -Dare to invite feedback -Understand the impact of good intention

Life

As an astronomer, I get to ignore the details of the things that we don't understand. There's a lot of work that we can do on scales that we do understand, and there is actually a finite size that I can associate with a super massive black hole.

Andrea M. Ghez

I was just talking about women, just in terms of understanding them as much as we can ever understand the opposite sex. I'm trying to let go of certain male approaches to things that you inherit, that you grow up with.

Fred Ward

Whether we have happiness or not depends on the seeds in our consciousness. If our seeds of compassion, understanding, and love are strong, those qualities will be able to manifest in us. If the seeds of anger, hostility and sadness in us are strong,...

Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh: 365 days of practical, powerful teachings from the beloved Zen teacher

Simon: Simon says, McClane and the Samaritan will go to the subway station at 72nd and Broadway. I will call you in 15 minutes on the payphone outside the station. No Police. Failure to answer will constitute noncompliance. Do you understand me, John...

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Chinese

Ready comprehension is often a knee-jerk response and the most dangerous form of understanding. It blinks an opaque screen over your ability to learn. Be warned. Understand nothing. All comprehension is temporary.

Chapterhouse: Dune

To understand Christianity, you must understand what the Old Testament reveals to us; for Christianity is a by-product of the covenant God made with Abraham – around 2,000 B.C. – through which Judaism and then Christianity were born.

The Christian Faith

Sex is something I really don't understand too hot. You never know where the hell you are... Sex is something I just don't understand. I swear to God.

The Catcher in the Rye

need is not demand. Effective economic demand requires not merely need but corresponding purchasing power.

Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest & Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

It is now an easy matter to spell out the ethic of a truth: 'Do all that you can to persevere in that which exceeds you perseverance. Persevere in the interruption. Seize in your being that which has seized and broken you.

Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil

If you wish to make anything grow, you must understand it, and understand it in a very real sense. 'Green fingers' are a fact, and a mystery only to the unpracticed. But green fingers are the extensions of a verdant heart.

The Education of a Gardener

But I don't understand God. I don't understand how he could see the way people treat one another, and not chalk up the whole human race as a bad idea.

Grave Peril

..he may love you, he may miss you, but ultimately he's just not that into you.

He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

The quickest way to rectify that mistake (choosing the wrong person) is by learning from that, moving on, and choosing much more wisely in the future.

He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

The Word of God is your best defence against the troubles of this world.

The Bare Bones Bible Handbook: 10 Minutes to Understanding Each Book of the Bible

What you think to be a tragedy id God’s opportunity to show Himself faithful.

The Bare Bones Bible Handbook: 10 Minutes to Understanding Each Book of the Bible

I think the more you understand myths, the more you understand the roots of our culture and the more things will resonate. Do you have to know them? No, but certainly it is nice to recognise how deeply these things are embedded in our literature, our...

Rick Riordan

If every day at work feels like a Friday, then you are doing what you were meant to do.

The Alpha Strategies, Understanding Strategy, Risk, and Values in Any Organization