Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Corrie Ten Boom

A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.

David Hawkins

One is not the victim of mentation but instead is the very originator by virtue of intention to extract projected value. With this understanding, one is free from being dominated by the false "I" of the experiencer.

Dallas Willard

Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.

Curtis White

This "human thing" is the permanent process of seeking the sacred through revealing what is hidden. It is an ever ongoing and indefinite process of understanding and interpretation.

David Levithan

When the shock wears off, you always hope there's understanding underneath.

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.

Debbie Allen

The first thing that goes into shooting a scene is understanding whats on the page.

Amy Tan

I can never remember things I didn't understand in the first place.

Teller

Magic's about understanding - and then manipulating - how viewers digest the sensory information.

Susanna Moore

The task of understanding the past is neverending.

James Patterson

What you have to understand is that Michael's film isn't really a documentary. It's a portrait,

I think it's important for residents to understand what they're getting for their $40 million.

Johnny Damon

Hopefully, they cheer. If not, I understand because I'm wearing the Yankees uniform.

I think a lot of us don't understand circumstantial evidence.

He went with them to Murray, but that's OK. We understand that.

Paul Perkins

I get this long, jumbled up message, and I couldn't understand a word of it,

Henry Petroski

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

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

Dogen

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

Amanda Lindhout

It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment.

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.

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.

Henri Frederic Amiel

We only understand that which already within us.

You can never really understand it until you've experienced it.

Joss Stone

Well, I don't really understand how you can do that.

We all have arguments with our teenagers, you know? I don't understand this.