Quotes About Understanding

The relationship between the Jews and Arabs is necessary to help build a bridge between Israelis and Palestinians.

Have you ever had that moment when you looked back on something and said, 'Well, gosh, that seems obvious now... why didn't I see it then?' I like to call this the Face Palm Epiphany. Oh, hindsight, you magical, humbling thing.

I don't like to have to pan for gold when I read.

Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.

So everything that ever happened, we knew about in Panama.

As a farmer, I understand firsthand the challenging circumstances the COVID-19 pandemic has created within our agriculture community.

I'm not homophobic, I'm not a bigot, I'm not pandering to hatred.

I was on a panel with Marshall McLuhan in Canada. Someone says, 'Mr. McLuhan, I read your book, and I disagree with you.' And he says, 'Oh, you read my book? Then you only know half the story.'

The biggest lesson I've learned from my children is to look in the mirror at myself, not at them. I've realized that everything I've done has had an impact on them. We have to understand that they are like little paparazzi. They take our picture when we don't want them to and then they show it to us in their behavior.

I don't get celebrities not understanding that the paparazzi are doing their job.

I think I'm right-brained, incapable of managing my way out of a brown paper bag.

I find that 'Taare Zameen Par' is one of the most beautiful movies ever made about the inner world of a child.

Often, M.B.A.s will parachute around from one company or industry to another, without really understanding what's behind it.

OK, so my parents were married in 1955 and my mom knew my dad was gay and my dad knew he was gay and so I was, like, 'Why in the heck did you get married?' Like, what was going on? What was that time? It's like this crazy paradox that my whole life is based on, or my family's based on. So I spent a lot of time trying to understand '55.

'm really proud of 'Sad, Sad World' because it manages to state a very complex paradox of an emotion that I experienced when I had children, which is this great happiness and this great intensity, but with that intensity comes a deeper understanding of the world.

It's paradoxical that things that are hard for people are easy for the computer, and things that are hard for the computer, any child can understand.

Reality is contradictory. And it's paradoxical.

It is great good health to believe, as the Hindus do, that there are 33 million gods and goddesses in the world. It is great good health to want to understand one's dreams. It is great good health to desire the ambiguous and paradoxical.

Education is paramount in light of so many things that are out there.

Clear communication is paramount for any relationship to become stronger.

I love 'Paranormal Activity' and 'The Exorcist.' 'The Shining' is a great one too, but there's not a lot that scares me. Maybe it's because I know the other side of it, and I know how movies are made, but it takes a lot for me to get freaked out.

We parcel up time into years and months and days because without compartmentalisation the tundra of time is impossible to navigate.

When I was a kid, I really loved Indians. Native Americans. Pardon. Me.

He who pardons easily invites offense.