Quotes About Understanding

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.

The relationships we have with dogs seem simple enough and often are taken for granted. But these relationships can be deep and mysterious, and not at all simple.

Sad stories have no takers.

It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.

Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers.

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.

Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.

Football isn't nuclear physics, but it's not so simple that you can make it simple. It takes some explaining to get it across.

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.

Being a family member is hard no matter where you are. It's hard to be a kid. It's hard to be a parent. It's hard to be a brother or sister. It takes patience and kindness and forbearance.

Never forget that it sometimes takes a foreigner's eye to capture Britain most clearly.

Sometimes it takes time to find people in the sport who share the same opinions and approach to racing as me.

When you're working with someone new, it takes a second to understand their instincts and range. It's not really conscious.

It's interesting when you're old enough to take a new, objective approach looking at your parents, frame them in a way where you are actually taking yourself out of the equation and just look at the things that are true about their life.

Individuating and taking someone else's perspective can be very powerful.

I love taking time with an interview. Time with an artist relaxes them; it makes them want to be there and answer all your questions.

People write fiction in their minds all the time - every time we read a 'human interest' news story, or a true crime tale, we find ourselves fascinated because we're trying to understand why people behave the way they do, why they make the choices they do, how we become who we become.

'The Odyssey' is the great tale, and I was really taken by 'The Iliad,' so I dig into those things, and when I was a kid I didn't. You've gotta have a certain level of understanding yourself before that stuff really starts to resonate.

I remember some people after the Olympics that had no idea about horses would ask, 'Do you do that with the horse, or does the horse do it by itself?' I think the fact that you can make it look like you are doing nothing is a real talent. And it is such a massive reward at the end of it.

Genius is the talent for seeing things straight.

A great listener - that was my talent!

Acting is a talent, but I like to see the whole picture.

The one great thing about a continuing collaboration is that they know you. And if you're really lucky, they really believe in you and think that your talent has some unending bounds to it.