One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. Votes: 4
Lucius Annaeus SenecaMystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. Votes: 2
Neil ArmstrongKnowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. Votes: 2
Hal BorlandAll truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. Votes: 2
Galileo GalileiI am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. Votes: 2
Oscar WildeFaith is a devout belief in what one does not understand. Votes: 0
Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du DeffandBut you just gotta understand that that's the way it is and keep on steppin'.
Christopher Paul CurtisWhen I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de SevigneOur abilities to understand, adjust, and change make us wise. Votes: 4 Debasish Mridha M.D.
The difference between being able to understand something and inventing it in the first place... is called genius. Votes: 3 Craig Bruce
If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan. Votes: 4 Asne Seierstad
You touch me again, you arrogant Ardenine swine, and I swear on the blood of Hanalea the warrior, I will geld you. Do you understand? Votes: 3 Cinda Williams Chima
It's hard to understand the films that you're in, because you never truly get to see them. Votes: 5 Topher Grace
I can't hear music. I don't understand it. It's so above and beyond me. Votes: 2 Cam Gigandet
I'm naturally attracted to something I don't understand because when you try to deal with something you don't understand, it opens a door into another world. Votes: 5 Simon McBurney
I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself. Votes: 6 Townes Van Zandt
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. Votes: 7 Elbert Hubbard
When we believe that God is Father, we also believe that such a father's hand will never cause his child a needless tear. We may not understand life any better, but we will not resent life any longer. Votes: 4 William Barclay
I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We're supposed to be complete and whole, and you can't be whole if you're trying to be perfect. Doing a life review helped me get over the disease to please. Votes: 1 Jane Fonda
I don't want to be understood because if people understand me, they get tired of me. Votes: 1 Lil Wayne
Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand. Votes: 4 Lakhdar Brahimi
Judgment is contained in the act of trying to understand. Votes: 4 V. S. Naipaul
That's part of the requirement for me to be an artist is that you're trying to share your personal existence with others and trying to illuminate modern life, trying to understand life. Votes: 4 Francis Ford Coppola
It's the way I study - to understand something by trying to work it out or, in other words, to understand something by creating it. Not creating it one hundred percent, of course; but taking a hint as to which direction to go but not remembering the details. These you work out for yourself. Votes: 3 Richard P. Feynman
A good teammate is someone willing to get outside of personal thoughts and emotions, a friend who tries to understand, appreciate, and encourage other members of the team. Votes: 1 Don Kardong
Unable to understand why you think so, when you chose a different path. Votes: 3 Sujata Mondal
The real business of life is trying to understand each other. Votes: 8 Gilbert Parker
I have always felt that books help me feel less alone in the world. They make our lives bigger - they help us to feel feelings we wouldn't otherwise feel and to understand feelings that we don't have a framework for. Votes: 3 Lisa Lucas
People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me. Votes: 6 Soren Kierkegaard
What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others. Votes: 5 Carlos Fuentes
If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else. Votes: 4 Nikki Giovanni