Quotes About Understanding

Everybody makes mistakes.

When you maintain a closeness with your fans, they are more forgiving when you make mistakes.

We make a lot of mistakes for women, and we'll always do it again.

Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.

There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.

No one should be harassed or mistreated because of who they are, who they love, or what they believe.

I didn't grow up with any concept of people being deviants unless they mistreated others.

Like my father, I don't want to see anyone mistreated, anything like that. I'm very racial-conscious because my father had a lot of, you know, challenges in the area of race. I'm very sensitive to that kind of issue.

Hate and mistrust are the children of blindness.

People who dismiss science in favor of religion sometimes confuse the challenge of rigorously understanding the world with a deliberate intellectual exclusion that leads them to mistrust scientists and, to their detriment, what they discover.

If the only people we are able to extend empathy to are those who are like us, who come from the same country we do, or who share our faith, then we misunderstand what empathy is.

I don't want you to misunderstand me. You might get up and state what you believe to be Seventh-day Adventism, and I might not agree with everything you said.

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.

I think there's a misunderstanding that feminism is about bringing men down to bring women up and it's certainly not that.

Even between the best of friends, mistakes and misunderstandings can happen.

I learned that if you're going to move in with a friend, it's important to establish ground rules immediately so there aren't any misunderstandings down the line.

I think most of the time when people have big disagreements and big misunderstandings, when time lessens that blow it creates a deeper understanding for both people.

Not listening is the reason for so many misunderstandings and conflicts.

The truth is what facts are. I like facts. I like things to line up and be clear, and when we are honest and true about things, it helps things to make sense, and it cuts out a lot of the fat that gets in the way and causes for the misunderstandings that I believe lead to violence and... dysfunction, etc.

Of course there are moments for everyone, and certainly for me, where you do feel misunderstood. You feel like you can't really connect. You do feel like you're alone in something.

We misuse language and talk about the 'ascent' of man. We understand the scientific basis for the interrelatedness of life, but our ego hasn't caught up yet.

As parents, you want to try to mitigate your children's pain.

Mitt Romney, quite simply, doesn't get it.

I do not mix up Bush's America with the American people. The American people are our friends.