Quotes About Understanding

I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.

Sex isn't the answer. Sex is the question, yes is the answer.

When I came to Los Angeles, it was the first time that I ever felt like I belong somewhere. Not because it was wacky, but because people here understood what I felt like to perform, and there were other kids my age who wanted to do it. I didn't get looked at as God, you freak.

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant.

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.

Old age is not total misery, experience helps.

When the age is in, the wit is out.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

If youth knew; if age could.

When marrying, one should ask oneself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this woman into your old age?

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

When entering into a marriage one ought to ask oneself: do you believe you are going to enjoy talking with this woman up into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory, but most of the time you are together will be devoted to conversation.

Someone asked someone who was about my age: How are you? The answer was, Fine. If you don't ask for details.

You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

Sex is better than talk...Talk is what you suffer through so you can get to sex.

To be a successful father there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.