Famous Quotes & Sayings

When it comes to investments, I have to go to someone else to understand them, but then I have to make a judgment. I can't do that if I don't have a basic understanding myself.

Henry Petroski

Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail.

Drew Bledsoe

When you get a little older, you understand that there's something there.

We always think about Jermaine. We know that he wants to see us win, but we also understand that there (are) a lot more important things than basketball.

David Blackwell

Basically, I’m not interested in doing research and I never have been . . . I’m interested in understanding, which is quite a different thing. And often to understand something you have to work it out yourself because no one else has done it.

David Bohm

We are all linked by a fabric of unseen connections. This fabric is constantly changing and evolving. This field is directly structured and influenced by our behavior and by our understanding.

David Whyte

Vulnerability is not a weakness but a faculty for understanding.

David Mamet

"Based on a true story" is a come-on, the aesthetic equivalent of "no loan request refused." For, at best, the creator has fashioned a film based on his understanding of, interpretation of, and reduction of the report of an actual occurrence.

Claude Monet

One can do something if one can see and understand it...

Dan Simmons

It is a mystery, and to tell the truth, I am intrigued by mysteries even if this is to be my last week of enjoying them. I would welcome some glimmer of understanding but, failing that, working on the puzzle will suffice.

Dogen

There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.

My special fascination has been to understand better the world of chemistry and its complexities.

Henri Frederic Amiel

We only understand that which already within us.

But nevertheless, what they didn't understand is the need for speed. They're being bureaucratic.

Denis Waitley

You must understand that seeing is believing, but also know that believing is seeing.

Rick Wakeman

I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.

Tiger Woods

You know, all the nay-sayers said that I was doing the wrong things. They can understand why now I made those changes.

Neil Strauss

I was one of them. I understand what they're going through.

Why would someone do this to him? I don't understand why.

Why would she take off? ... I don't understand that.

Michael Wilson

We don't set a cookie, because our users don't understand them,

Bill Belichick

Understanding what not to do sometimes is just as important as what you can do.

Clayton Christensen

Understanding motivation is one of the most important things we can do in our lives, because it has such a bearing on why we do the things we do and whether we enjoy them or not.

Stephen Hawking

If you understand the universe, you control it, in a way.

David Blunkett

My sense is that there is a new understanding, yes.

My understanding is that Pedro, very frankly, is doubtful.

Crystal Chappell

My understanding is that Olivia had no idea what was going on.

My understanding is that he didn't have a weapon when he was arrested,

Pat Cash

I see it, but I don't understand it,

Alice Hoffman

It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

life itself is always pulling you away from the understanding of life.

Anne Lamott

My understanding is that you get to choose which of your thoughts to go with.

Anne Lamott

I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God.