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Quotes About Understanding

Be obscure clearly.
~ E. B. White
In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
~ Horace
Never be so brief as to become obscure.
~ Hosea Ballou
I always laugh at these rock n'rollers where you can't understand them. Mind you, it's not because they're inaudible or indistinguishable; it's because they're too obscure.
~ Harry Connick, Jr.
I am very observant of people's character.
~ Jeff Buckley
I am still very observant. I am absorbed by people and why they do what they do.
~ Marianne Elliott
Even though I'm laughing all the time, I'm watching all the time. I was observant and I got to learn people easy like that. So, I learn people good.
~ Fivio Foreign
I act by observation.
~ Binnu Dhillon
I believe that you can always learn from observation.
~ Tamara Tunie
I think I have a very detailed sense of observation. I am interested in the details of people's lives and what information these details give.
~ Julian Fellowes
Learning about and from your customers isn't always easy and requires a commitment to continual observation.
~ John Rampton
You can learn more from a person just from their observations and how they see the world. More so than just talking.
~ Maika Monroe
I am an observant. I like to observe people.
~ Diljit Dosanjh
If I get to know somebody, I'll open up, but other than that I like to sit back and observe things.
~ Russell Westbrook
You may observe in all my lessons, that I tell you how the legs go, and those who are unacquainted with that, are entirely ignorant and work in the dark.
~ William Cavendish
With a fantasy world, it's like, this is my world. I literally made it. So if I tell you something, you do have to sit back and observe more. You need to sit back and listen more to understand what is going on or what's happening in the world. And I think there's a lot of power in that.
~ Tomi Adeyemi
We need to learn to observe and listen to people more to get to know them.
~ Corey Johnson
It makes you observe small details; even if it's just a kid playing with his dad, if you watch them closely, you can use that in your work. It helps you fully understand people better.
~ Diogo Morgado
I try to keep my sentences quite pared back. What I really want to do is observe people's relationships and interactions. I don't want language to get in the way of that. It's quite a difficult process to achieve that, for the language to feel clear.
~ Sally Rooney
I think it's just my nature to stay on the outside so that I can understand and observe.
~ Jamila Woods
When making documentaries, the most important thing I learned was to listen, observe gestures and facial expressions.
~ Hirokazu Kore-eda
I just think the more we're observed by other people, the less we can observe them in order to play them and find their true condition.
~ Logan Marshall-Green
Against Knowledge I have, as the light cynic observed of a certain lady's past, only one serious objection - that there is so much of it.
~ Arthur Quiller-Couch
A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.
~ George Savile