Best Understanding Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.”

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Author:Jodie Foster

“Thanks to nanny, I've got a deep understanding of Russian tales.”

Understanding Tales Thanks Nannies Deep Understanding

Author:Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

“The fact that Obama is getting criticism from the left and the right might reflect his understanding of the underlying political dynamics.”

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Author:Ron Fournier

“My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures.”

Whole Culture Understanding Study Taught Whole Life

Book:The Long Goodbye: A Memoir

Source: The Long Goodbye: A Memoir

“If we base our belief systems on the humble assumption that the complexities of the world are ontologically beyond our understanding, then maybe our belief systems will make more sense and end up causing less suffering.”

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Author:Moby

“However, no human being - and certainly no man - has the right to define for me what my understanding of God is.”

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Author:Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar

“Sirs, you are doubtlessly intelligent people, however, I have a problem understanding how you found a place in prophecy for those I know to be void of a even a single drop of Hebrew blood - without any cultural or historical ties to the Holy Land and in fact simple converts to a base form of Judaism. Clinton eulogized Rabinowitz (Yitzhak Rabin) as a son of David and a son of Solomon. You must know that this man was a Khazar of Turko- Mongolian lineage, and can in no way represent a 'return' since his southern Russian ancestors never made it down to Palestine until 1948.”

“We must prevent a criminal understanding between the Fascist aggressors and the British and French imperialist clique.”

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Author:Grigor Dimitrov

“It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.”

Matter Understanding Discipline

Author:Arthur Lydiard

“And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.”

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Author:Wendell Pierce

“Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.”

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Author:Michael J. Fox

“Writers themselves benefit from all helpful information about their task and methods. Readers, in turn, can have both their understanding and appreciation of literature enhanced by information about the writer's work.”

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Book:The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing

Source: The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing

“My school friends are really understanding and still want to hang out with me. Ever since I was in sixth grade, I was at the gym every day to work out while my friends were getting their nails done or going to the mall. I used to feel left out, but I don't anymore.”

Want Feels Stills Done School Used Left Understanding My Friends Work Out Grades Hanging Out Gym Nails Malls Left Out Sixth Grade School Friends Nails Done

Author:Aly Raisman

“I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to fulfill their spiritual longings, but they are not experts in understanding the history of their religion.”

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Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf

“Faith is a dynamic and ever-changing process, not some fixed body of truth that exists outside our world and our understanding. God's truth may be fixed and unchanging, but our comprehension of that truth will always be partial and flawed at best.”

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Author:Gene Robinson

“Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people talk about of showing what you can do - that has nothing to do with anything.”

People Way Different Shows Understanding Can Do Roles

Author:Phylicia Rashad

“I wish I had been a better mother and a more compassionate and understanding wife in both of my marriages.”

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Author:Alana Stewart

“When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I'll read a specific book for a specific book, but usually I'm trying to increase my general understanding.”

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Author:Brandon Sanderson

“We have endless books about whether Jesus existed, or whether the Jesus we have learned about is really accurate and historical or mythical. We have endless complicated tracts on fine technical issues, but we don't explore Jesus' way to happiness and peace, or try to understand his feelings about God and creation of how he views our relationship with God, or his attitude toward human weakness. Understanding these things could help us immensely in our own search for inner peace and a meaning to life.”

“Certain drugs provide brief excursions into altered states of consciousness. The problem is that the perceptions and understandings that come from these experiences don't tend to last.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“I personally would rather raise my child in New York. It seems like it would be easier to make sure she or he gets a whole bunch of experience and understanding of the world. But, people in general think it's easier to raise a kid when you don't have so much stuff in your face.”

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Author:Jeremy Sisto

“It's very important that there should be cross-fertilisation between government and academia. Both parties can benefit from having a better understanding of how the other works.”

Should Important Government Understanding Party Benefits Crosses Academia

Author:Nicholas Stern

“Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being solemn enough in my acts. A mistake for which I would like to apologise or explain myself and which I will not make again. Now, I know the job.”

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Author:Nicolas Sarkozy

“I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.”

Knows Littles Seems Spiritual Parent Understanding My Own Generations Fit Fulfillment Search For Meaning

Author:Radhanath Swami

“A person whose skin is metallic can no more have its reproduction restricted than a black-skinned person. Regarding life as a form of machinery and intelligent machines as people without our environmental limitations is essential in understanding FAP, the Final Anthropic Principle, which deals with evolution in the far future.”

“You know, when you go to high school or, you know, when kids are younger and there's not an understanding of differences. But I built up a very strong, thick skin.”

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Author:Alexander Wang

“When we choose to have an abortion, we must do so understanding the full ramifications of what we are doing. Anything less feels to me to be hypocritical, a selfish abnegation of reality and responsibility.”

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Book:Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace

Source: Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace

“Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.”

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Author:Ma Ying-jeou

“Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.”

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Author:Mo Yan

“I think it just came with me evolving as a person and me understanding that it's not right to judge or to say anything derogatory about other people, especially if I don't know them.”

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Author:Will Ferrell

“From the equilibrium and spontaneous order of Adam Smith and his heirs, from invisible-handed markets and perfect competition, supply and demand, and rewards and punishments, I was pushed to theories of disequilibrium and disorder, and information and noise, as the keys to understanding economic progress.”

Source: Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World

“Neumann, to a physicist seeking help with a difficult problem: Simple. This can be solved by using the method of characteristics. Physicist: I'm afraid I don't understand the method of characteristics. Neumann: In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.”

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Author:John von Neumann

“Learning is a process where knowledge is presented to us, then shaped through understanding, discussion and reflection.”

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Author:Paulo Freire

“Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place for all.”

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Author:Muhammad Ali

“We cannot learn freedom and responsibility within the confines of our own species. We cannot understand life and death and what they are for in exclusively human terms. Without that which is wild, the world becomes a cell block.”

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Author:Stephanie Mills

“If we have a hope of really understanding our place in nature and of carving out a place for ourselves that is sustainable, it's primarily because of the new level of communication. It used to be, 'What you don't have in your mind, you have on your shelf.' But now we have the Web.”

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Author:Sylvia Earle

“I am convinced that we Christ-followers need an understanding of playfulness if we are going to take sanctification by the Holy Spirit seriously.”

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Author:Calvin Seerveld

“The world won't necessarily change but your understanding of it will, and therefore the world will change. Your attention will no longer be confined to the physical body and the physical world.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“You don't need anybody to tell you what is right or wrong. What you need, perhaps, is someone to show you how to come to those understandings.”

Inspirational Needs Shows Understanding Buddhism

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you go into the planes of light, all of the incorrect ways of seeing and understanding life that you pick up are washed away.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.”

Want Firsts Fighting Understanding Enemy Motive Combat Exaggerating Fighting On

Book:Killosophy

Source: Killosophy

“The silence of prayer is the silence of listening.”

Understanding Prayer Silence Listening Empathy Listening To God

Book:Eighth Day of Creation: Discovering Your Gifts and Using Them

Source: Eighth Day of Creation: Discovering Your Gifts and Using Them

“My key to living an inspired life involves Embracing my history, Understanding the function of expectations and gently learning to have none; Recognizing the power of attentive and conscious choices. In all circumstances I acknowledge this, IN ALL THINGS AND ALL WAYS, I HAVE CHOICE. My choice resides in my perspective. While I certainly do not control climate and markets and roadways and others, I do control myself and my response to all those circumstances. I do indeed.”

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Author:Mary Anne Radmacher

“Forgiveness entails the authentic acceptance of our own worthiness as human beings, the understanding that mistakes are opportunities for growth, awareness and the cultivation of compassion, and the realization that the extension of love to ourselves and others is the glue that holds the universe together. Forgiveness...is not a set of behaviors, but an attitude.”

“I offer gentle understanding to myself. I position myself in love, not fear. I look behind me with forgiveness. I look forward with festive anticipation. I embrace this holy moment and assert, "Now. This moment is the moment to love, the moment to serve, the moment to seize the legacy instead of the small. Now. Now I will live large, love boldly, reach to the edges of my unfurled heart and fully enrolled hope."”

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Author:Mary Anne Radmacher

“The real objective isn't just "knowledge" or getting an 80-20 understanding of the situation. The overriding objective is engagement, creating a buzz, mobilizing people to take action.”

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Book:The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World's Toughest Problems

Source: The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World's Toughest Problems

“In my own deepening understanding of myself I find my capacity to serve others is deepened as well. The better I am at self-care the more genuinely nurturing of others I am able to be.”

Wells Self Care Able Understanding My Own Careers Capacity Self Knowledge Self Care Nurturing

Author:Mary Anne Radmacher

“'The long-suffering man abounds in understanding' (Prov. 14:29), because he endures everything to the end and, while awaiting that end, patiently bears his distress. The end, as St. Paul says, is everlasting life (cf. Rom. 6:22). 'And this is eternal life, that they might know You the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent' (Jn. 17:3).”

“If we keep the path of virtue undefiled through devout and true knowledge, and do not deviate to either side, we will experience the advent of God revealed to us because of our dispassion. For 'I will sing a psalm and in a pure path I will understand when Thou wilt come to me' (cf. Ps. 101:1-2). The psalm stands for virtuous conduct; understanding indicates the spiritual knowledge, gained through virtue, by means of which we perceive God's advent, when we wait for the Lord vigilant in the virtues.”

“When our intellect has shaken off its many opinions about created things, then the inner principle of truth appears clearly to it, providing it with a foundation of real knowledge and removing its former preconceptions as though removing scales from eyes, as happened in the case of St. Paul (cf. Acts 9:18). For an understanding of Scripture that does not go beyond the literal meaning, and a view of the sensible world that relies exclusively on sense perception, are indeed scales, blinding the soul's visionary faculty and preventing access to the pure Logos of truth.”

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