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Quotes About Understanding

But let a man know that there are things to be known, of which he is ignorant, and it is so much carved out of his domain of universal knowledge.
~ Horace Mann
What was it with men, that they found elementary logic so difficult?
~ Ian Mcewan
The dog is all things to all men.
~ Ian Niall
If a cultural reference flies over a man's head, does it make a sound if nobody else gets it.
~ Ilona Andrews
It is not a question how much a man knows, but what use he can make of what he knows.
~ J. G. Holland
I'm like Will Rogers, I never met a man I didn't like... well, Eichmann maybe.
~ Jack Benny
In loving things and the being in them man should rather draw things up to the human level than reduce humanity to their measure.
~ Jacques Maritain
Man's best candle is his understanding.
~ James Howell
Love, yes. Word known to all men.
~ James Joyce
A woman doesn't just love a man. She loves who he is. And, who he is is dependent on what he needs.
~ James MacArthur
I see many more men who are feminist, or at least who have learned about life in the context of feminism.
~ Jane Fonda
Since I write in first person and have no idea what goes on in men's heads.
~ Janet Evanovich
Who can judge another man's suffering?
~ Janet Fitch
I haven't figured out why people like what they like. I don't know. I wish I did. I could sell that to everybody, man, and be a millionaire.
~ Jason Aldean
I got this black chick, she don't know how to act Always talkin' out her neck, makin' her fingers snap She like, "Listen Jigga Man, I don't care if you rap You better - R-E-S-P-E-C-T me
~ Jay-Z
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life. It is only found in men of sound sense and understanding.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understanding of her language
~ Jean Rostand
A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I don't judge you for what you've done, Gin. Why are you judging me for another man's mistakes?
~ Jennifer Estep
if we begin on the men, there is no stopping. We must love them when we can.
~ Jennifer Stone
If you want a girl to like you, you have to listen like a woman and love like a man.
~ Jenny Downham
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?
~ Jeremiah
Man and wife are equally concerned, to avoid all offence of each other, in the beginning of their conversation. Every little thing can blast an infant blossom.
~ Jeremy Taylor
Men exist on the planet. We have to deal with them at some point.
~ Jessa Crispin