Quotes About Understanding

I think it's important to have perspective and to look at what you don't necessarily want to see.

When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.

It's often difficult to get perspective on your own stories, on your own experiences, without talking them through with someone who is genuinely interested in thinking about them. And that's the key.

I've always been able to put things in perspective.

If I'm going to talk about something, I need to be educated about it, and I need to have seen all the perspectives.

I have an amazing education through my wife on female fans and perspectives on it. Things that I never would have thought of.

I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.

Really, having people who have different mental perspectives is what's important.

People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator.

We must first listen, then speak - with humility - to genuinely hear the perspectives of those with whom we don't immediately or instinctively agree.

My mother always taught me to think about things from other people's perspectives and think about where they're coming from.

In every relationship, there are two perspectives to it.

I grew up around a mix of a lot of people, so I got a lot of different perspectives. As a kid, I appreciated that.

When you can listen to others' perspectives, we can learn about the other people that make up this great country.

Seek out different perspectives.

When I write songs, I write from a lot of perspectives.

We can always connect with all of our characters on a human level, but a lot of them took a lot of observation and exploration and talking with people. And we absolutely embrace our actors' perspectives on all that.

The health of democratic nations themselves depends on listening to and considering other perspectives.

A scientist's aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify.

I learned from my dog long before I went to Gombe that we weren't the only beings with personalities. What the chimps did was help me to persuade others.

I've never interviewed anyone where I set out to try to persuade them to reveal something. Instead, it's about creating a space that allows someone to be authentic without judgment on my part.

I think people don't want to be persuaded. And people don't even like to do the persuading.

The only form of ethical persuasion that exists is when the goals of the persuader are aligned with the goals of the persuadee.

I'm not in love, but I'm open to persuasion.