Quotes About Understanding

Grab onto things that resonate with you, that you relate to, or that you empathize with.

We have to stop thinking of criminals as 'them' and admit to ourselves, 'There but for the grace of God go I.'

I am in love with dance and my parents accept that gracefully.

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

I actually remember being in 3rd grade and piecing together in my head that one of my guy friends was homosexual.

In seventh grade, I met my best friend Wendi, who is a trans woman.

You can't push and force people to do what they don't want to do. If things need to change, it has to be gradual.

I think that anybody gradually learns the things that go deeper than his own heart.

At the beginning of every semester, I ask my graduate students whether there is something I should read that will help me understand their work.

I don't know what ontological means... I barely graduated high school, and I have never heard that word in conversation.

I've always felt like I could express myself better in English just because the way the grammar works.

I have a 2-year-old son, and I know I'm dealing with a big, grand word when I can't point to the thing when I define it. Right? If he wants to know what a chair is, I can point to the chair. If he wants to know what religion is, I can't point to anything in particular. The same is true of the state.

Not to get too grandiose about it, but I really believe I'm saying things a lot of Americans want someone to say.

When I met Mrs. Clinton, I met the mom that she is, I met the daughter that she is, I met the grandma that she is.

My lady, my mama, my grandma, everybody think I'm crazy.

I had a grandmother who was blind and she taught me to understand sound as an image.

I imagine explaining a work of art to my grandmother in five minutes, and if I can't explain it in five minutes, then it's too obtuse or esoteric.

I'm always telling my students that if they can't explain what they are doing, to their grandmothers, then they probably don't understand it themselves.

What advice do I tell my grandson? I listen to him.

I guess I'm taking for granted how open my parents are.

Can't disagree with the need for a grasp of history.

I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.

I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.

You don't really get the full grasp of something until you see it for yourself.