Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mohsin Hamid

In Sufi terms, there are two very interesting notions of transcendence. One is to gaze out at the universe and to comprehend that what you see out there reflects what you are. The other one is to look inside yourself and recognise that the universe is present there.

Theodore Schultz

People who are rich find it hard to understand the behavior of poor people. Economists are no exception, for they, too, find it difficult to comprehend the preferences and scarcity constraints that determine the choices that poor people make.

Patti Smith

I did not comprehend and I often wonder what he ever saw in me, and it has taken me all these years to understand.

George Voinovich

John Kerry is to be congratulated for understanding something that his party's most extreme elements have yet to comprehend - Ohioans know how to count.

David Raskin

Just because we can't comprehend this kind of evil, doesn't mean he suffers a mental illness. We will never understand evil like this.

Alfred Adler

We can comprehend every single life phenomenon, as if the past, the present, and the future together with a superordinate, guiding idea were present in it in traces.

Charles Inglis

To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained.

Susanna Dudiyeva

He can't comprehend what we've been through. He's a father. I want to tell him what we've been through.

Emily Dickinson

Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar - Requires sorest need.

John Doe

We had no preconceived notions of what we were going to be,

Ray Allen

It seems the referees take these preconceived notions about what he's going to do. It's ridiculous some of the calls.

Nicolas Davila

A philosopher who adopts scientific notions predetermines his conclusions.

Magda Apanowicz

I wanted to make it a really strong point to not watch 'Battlestar Galactica' before starting 'Caprica' because I was afraid it was going to give me a lot of pressure and preconceived notions of what it was going to be like.

Jennifer Grey

I'll always be this once-famous actress nobody recognises because of a nose job.

Angelique Kidjo

I’m honoured when Africa recognises me

Nolan North

I revel in my anonymity. But when I'm at a specific event and gamers are there, they'll recognise me.

Najib Razak

You should allow professors to become really outstanding academicians, recognised worldwide, and you should reward them.

John Connolly

There is a very conservative element of crime writers that don't recognise what I do is crime fiction.

Olga Kurylenko

My face changes when I wear make-up; I don't recognise myself.

James Balog

It's important to recognise that humans are not the measure of all things... The Earth is the measure of all things.

Oscar Wilde

I beg your pardon I didn't recognise you - I've changed a lot.

Jim Davis

I can go everywhere and no one recognises me.

Thomas Kochan

until we have a revision that reflects the way work is done today.

Jeremy Corbyn

NATO expansion and Russian expansion - one leads to the other, and one reflects the other.

Ken Starr

Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter.

Peter Orszag

Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.

Kathy Burlison

Who we serve reflects where we are in the community.

Charles Bradford

It's not surprising at all, because (Nucor) reflects the market.

Mike Stevens

That got my attention. They were asking, 'What are the values we have between us and how can we take all that and put it into a venture that reflects our values?' That is the right way to think about being an entrepreneur.

Sam Brownback

I do think she reflects the president, and I think that's the strongest thing, really, that she has going for her,