Quotes About Understanding

Whether it's t-shirt and jeans or full monster suit, I'm still an actor underneath it all, and a good director is going to know that.

I like understanding what's underneath, what's really motivating people. When I was younger, I wanted to be a psychiatrist, so I think it has to do with that.

I've always known my dad is a one-off and his own person. But I feel that underneath he has always loved me.

Sometimes you have to shove all the surface stuff to the side in order to see what's underneath.

We can never see who someone really is underneath the skin.

God created us equal. Money and talent might be seen as setting us apart. But underneath, we're all the same.

I wouldn't say I'm underrated, but more reserved. Only time will tell, but I've been good so far in being consistent and making hit after hit writing for myself and other artists, from rap to R&B, and being able to make those different records.

My mum, who died in 2011, was the most loving mother you could ask for. She was very compassionate, always a good listener, and her love was a constant throughout my life. She was very sympathetic, kind and understanding and I think these values can be underrated.

Listening to an underserved population is how you begin to understand them and serve them better.

Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply.

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

To understand and reconnect with our stories, the stories of the ancestors, is to build our identities.

When people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes, rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the level of the heart, mind and spirit, their ability to assess and understand people accurately is compromised.

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.

Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.

In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.

Sustainable development is a fundamental break that's going to reshuffle the entire deck. There are companies today that are going to dominate in the future simply because they understand that.

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.

You can be extremely bright and still have dyslexia. You just have to understand how you learn and how you process information. When you know that, you can overcome a lot of the obstacles that come with dyslexia.

You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.

What one fool can understand, another can.

You have to get under the hood and spend some quality time with someone to understand what they're really good at.

I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.