Quotes About Understanding

Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.

One of the best ways to get an idea of how a woman feels about being a woman is to take a look at how she treats other women.

We always need to listen for the untold story.

I hated cats. I was a dog lover," Des says with a shrug. "What's the point of a cat? They're not affectionate. But that's because it's not my cat. I mean, your wife wouldn't jump on my lap. That's because she's your wife, not mine. Until you have your own cat, you really don't understand.

Love needs time, and time is the air love breathes, and people have no time.

You can't change the way people are. You have to accept them just like you want them to accept you.

a relationship isn't good because it lasts a lifetime. A relationship is good if it gives you the wisdom of a lifetime.

People who think they need high-pressure methods or tools—pinch collars or electric appliances—to train a dog have no clue how to train a dog well. Training, both as a hobby and as a profession, should be pleasant for the dog and the handler. It should be a successful learning process that yields progress for both parties. If training becomes a torment for the handler or the dog, then both parties are on the wrong track.

The issue, then, is not, What is the best way to teach? but, What is mathematics really all about?... Controversies about…teaching cannot be resolved without confronting problems about the nature of mathematics.

No matter how righteous you are, no matter how carefully you cultivate the companionship of the Holy Ghost, there are vast amounts of knowledge which you need to acquire and which you are not going to receive through revelation.

When I consider myself superior to anyone, as I frequently do, I need a better reason than his skin.

Only the man that knows to little, knows too much." Nero Wolfe

Nothing is obvious in itself. Obviousness is subjective.

If you want to be contentious wait until you learn what you have to contend with. It works better that way.

Can Mr. Wolfe help it if an attractive young fellow insists on coming to cry on his shoulder?

Well, go on. I don't answer questions containing two or more unsupported assumptions.

I was having an experience that was not new to me. I had suddenly discovered that a decision had been made, by me, upon full consideration, without my knowing it.

and when Archie Goodwin wonders about anything he finds out.

I made a note to quit trying to understand women and start trying to understand men.

one of my favorite rules is never to let a woman start an argument about what she said or what I said. You

The more you put in a brain, the more it will hold—if you have one.

Archie.' 'Yes, sir.' 'Do I ever intrude in your private affairs?' 'Yes, sir. Frequently. But you think you don't, so go right ahead.

Telephone calls were to be handled by me, since he knew nothing that I didn't know. (This jarred my aplomb, since it was the first time he had ever admitted it.)

She gave me a little smile, the dimples coming, and said, 'We don't really know ourselves, do we?' 'It depends,' I said. 'Some of us know too much, and some not enough.