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Quotes About Understanding

If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you do not already possess.
~ Mortimer Adler
If I can bring some light to bear on problems like that, I feel that people will be enlightened not only on the question but also on a way of approaching such questions.
~ Marvin Harris
I used to ask Sean questions about acting. He's a brilliant actor, but I could never digest his information. I work primarily on an intuitive level.
~ Robin Wright
It was not easy to get all my questions answered, frankly.
~ Richard Ben-Veniste
By looking at the questions the kids are asking, we learn the scope of what needs to be done.
~ Buffy Sainte-Marie
Science goes from question to question; big questions, and little, tentative answers. The questions as they age grow ever broader, the answers are seen to be more limited.
~ George Wald
Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators.
~ Saul Perlmutter
People ask me so many questions.
~ Annie Lennox
I want people to start thinking about what it means to be HIV-positive and to ask questions about that.
~ Annie Lennox
We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
~ Faran Tahir
I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability to hold the maximum of impossible combinations in one's mind.
~ Norman Mailer
Racism has a very quick expiration date when exposed to actual contact with people.
~ Hasan Minhaj
I think people can be quick to judge. The people that know me, they know what I am like.
~ Jesse Lingard
During crazy times, I just hold back. People are so quick to jump on something or rip it apart.
~ Shawn Mendes
Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.
~ Samuel Richardson
I am not quick to call someone a friend. It is OK to have acquaintances and be associates. We make these words sound bad, but it is about understanding everyone's place in your life. I have a great group of people around me. I value them more than anything.
~ Karen Civil
I love taking people on that journey, which I feel like can open them up to seeing human beings a little more complexly. People that you originally don't like, maybe they have reasons for the way they are, and maybe we can start to understand each other a little better as opposed to being quick to judge and dismiss people.
~ David Harbour
Whenever best friends get into a fight, I feel like it is always quick to resolve.
~ Casey Cott
Reading music has opened up me up so much. I've been experimenting for so long and trying to make sense of things just from my ears. It takes forever. Now I can get where I want much quicker.
~ Flying Lotus
The eye is a very quick instrument, much quicker than the ear. The eye gets it immediately.
~ Anish Kapoor
Definitely, in any teaching situation, there are the clueless students; then there are the ones who get it a little quicker.
~ Anne Burrell
I speak five languages, which actually makes it easier when you join a new team. You can settle much quicker because you can help team-mates much faster and better. People need to be careful around me, though - I can understand everything.
~ Petr Cech
Curating isn't just a matter of taste. It involves building up real knowledge of the items in your care. As the world gets quicker, and shallower, and bite-sized, retaining our ability to take a deep dive into history is more and more important.
~ Lucy Worsley
I'd make a good psychiatrist. I can work people out very easily and very quickly. I've been like that since childhood.
~ Nicola Roberts