Quotes About Understanding

We, as a people, we have a strong need to categorize everything. We put labels on everything and it's a totally understandable need because we are animals and we need to understand order and where to fit in.

Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them.

Gravitation is, so far, not understandable in terms of other phenomena.

When we launched a new company, I reviewed the ads and marketing materials and asked those presenting the campaign to read everything aloud to test the phrasing and concept. If I could grasp it quickly, then it passed with muster. We would get our message across only if it was understandable at first glance.

What makes international cinema so interesting is that each territory has its own sensibility. When you look at an Indian or French film, there's a certain flavor. And even though the language is different, if the film is successful, it has something very common and understandable.

Fame is a dangerous thing. It's what the post-industrial society wants. They want fame and many followers on Twitter. But to really make the world understandable, that challenge is remaining.

It's understandable why someone might not want to take on a book they think is emotionally hard.

Computers have become more friendly, understandable, and lots of years and thought have been put into developing software to convince people that they want and need a computer.

I cannot imagine a context that would some day, in some manner, make the monstrous crime of September 11 an understandable or comprehensible political act.

One way to mitigate our risk is to invest in companies with understandable business models.

It is absolutely important to make accessible the Gospel for all people and also understandable for Jewish people.

I think the international appeal of SF is quite understandable since the kinds of people who like to read it, are, by the nature of the beast, interested in other cultures, of which other nations on Earth are the closest available example.

Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.

When everything is perfectly orderly and understandable, there has to be one thing that puts everything into question.

I think it's always good for gay people to come out, but it's also understandable why people might choose not to do so.

Once I.D.W. folks saw that people like Ben Shapiro were generally smart, highly informed, and often princely in difficult conversations, it's more understandable that occasionally a few frogs got kissed here and there as some I.D.W. members went in search of other maligned princes.

No matter what world you're creating, whether it be a real world or a fantasy world, you still have to make the characters relatable or somewhat understandable.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.

Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.

Cooking is not difficult. Everyone has taste, even if they don't realize it. Even if you're not a great chef, there's nothing to stop you understanding the difference between what tastes good and what doesn't.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

Failure is central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation. Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail.

Large skepticism leads to large understanding. Small skepticism leads to small understanding. No skepticism leads to no understanding.

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.