“On the whole, we're a murderous race. According to Genesis, it took as few as four people to make the planet too crowded to stand, and the first murder was a fratricide. Genesis says that in a fit of jealous rage, the very first child born to mortal parents, Cain, snapped and popped the first metaphorical cap in another human being. The attack was a bloody, brutal, violent, reprehensible killing. Cain's brother Abel probably never saw it coming. As I opened the door to my apartment, I was filled with a sense of empathic sympathy and intuitive understanding. For freaking Cain.” PeopleFirstsHumansChildrenWholeParentUnderstandingBornHuman BeingsRaceSawsFourDoorsPlanetsBrotherFitMurderFilledKillingRageViolentMortalsJealousBrutalApartmentBloodyIntuitiveCrowdedCapsGenesisCainMetaphoricalAbel Book:Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files Source: Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files
“I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.” HeartMayHas BeensJoyUnderstandingChristShareBrotherPrayingComfortGood ThingsVery GoodSakeSaintMy BrotherPartnershipI PrayLove My Brother Author:Philemon
“There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for little, Philip said, "Either is both, and Both is neither.” LittlesSaidTwoUnderstandingBrotherFellowsBusySillyPhilipTwo BrothersGood Understanding Book:Plutarch's Morals Source: Plutarch's Morals
“The Coen brothers said something that helped me, "When you put the book down, you have a certain feeling, a certain understanding. That's what they need to feel when they walk out of the theater. That's your job, to literally put this book on film, you won't make a good movie, you'll do no service to anyone.” NeedsFeelsSaidBookFeelingsJobsFilmCertainUnderstandingWalksBrotherTheaterGood MovieCoen Brothers Author:Angelina Jolie
“I am extremely close to my brother, Kent, and my sister, Lauren, who have been remarkably understanding about all of my weird sibling tales.” Has BeensUnderstandingBrotherTalesMy BrotherMy SisterSiblingKentLauren Author:Karen Russell
“The region belonging to the pure intellect is straitened: the imagination labours to extend its territories, to give it room. She sweeps across the boarders, searching out new lands into which she may guide her plodding brother. The imagination is the light which redeems from the darkness for the eyes of the understanding. Novalis says, 'The imagination is the stuff of the intellect' -affords, that is, the material upon which the intellect works.” GivingMayLightEyeStuffUnderstandingImaginationRoomsDarknessLandBrotherMaterialsPureIntellectGuidesLabourRegionsBelongingTerritory Book:The Imagination: And Other Essays Source: The Imagination: And Other Essays
“So I came to my Christian faith later in life, and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead. Jesus Christ dying for my sins spoke to the humility we all have to have as human beings, that we're sinful and we're flawed and we make mistakes, and that we achieve salvation through the grace of God.” ThinkingWantHumansKindChristianJesusUnderstandingTermChristHuman BeingsSinMistakeGraceAchieveDyingHumilityBrotherJesus ChristSalvationMy BrotherMaking MistakesSpokesBrothers And SistersFlawedGrace Of GodChristian FaithKeepersLater In LifeWe Make MistakesSisters Keeper Author:Barack Obama
“I grew up not understanding what was true and what was not true. It gave me a sense of unreality. I was told that this man [mom's lover] was not my mother's lover - when he was. I was told he was there as a male babysitter for my brother so that he would learn sports and other manly things.” MenMotherSportsUnderstandingBrotherGrewMomLoversGrew UpMalesMy BrotherManlyUnrealityBabysitter Author:Carly Simon
“My poor family. I try to protect them from my work. My parents are very religious, and my brother and sister are very normal. We have an understanding, I think, that what I do isn't quite down their alley.” ThinkingTryingParentUnderstandingReligiousPoorBrotherProtectNormalMy BrotherBrothers And SistersAlleysPoor Family Author:Alissa Nutting
“The person that always comes to mind, and it's odd now because we've become pals, is Ben Folds. I've always considered him like a musical older brother, from afar, in the sense that I always felt I had a much better understanding of what he was singing about five years after I was listening to it.” YearsMindPersonsFeltUnderstandingFiveBrotherListeningSingingMusicalOddFive YearsFoldsAfarOlder BrotherPals Author:Jason Sudeikis
“I had met Michael Stipe, and he was such a kind person, and extremely understanding, so I asked him if he knew a photographer who would come to Detroit, where I lived, who would be child friendly and who would respect my home. Michael suggested Steven [ Sebring]. One day a knock came at my door, and when I opened it, there was Steven. He's been like a brother ever since.” IfsKindChildrenPersonsHomeWould BeUnderstandingDoorsBrotherMetsOne DayPhotographerFriendlyDetroitKind Person Author:Patti Smith
“"Am I my brother's keeper?" There you have the whole Biblical understanding that you are your brother's keeper. You also have a whole other understanding in which you are not your brother's keeper. And I've heard some extremely bright people take this position.” PeopleWholeUnderstandingHeardPositionBrotherMy BrotherBiblicalKeepersYour Brother Author:Elie Wiesel
“I am deeply gladdened that 1993 has been delcared the International Year of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations. It is the first year we have had in five hundred years. This is thanks to the struggle of many untitled, unnamed indigenous brothers who, without understanding international law, patiently walked the corridors asking for some time. Thanks to them this international year has been declared.” YearsFirstsHas BeensLawNationsUnderstandingUnitedStruggleFiveBrotherHundredAskingInternationalThanksUnited NationsIndigenousInternational LawCorridorsIndigenous People Author:Rigoberta Menchu