Quotes About Interpretation

As I'm sure you know, there are two types of "What?" in the world. The first type simply means "Excuse me, I didn't hear you. Could you please repeat yourself?" The second type is a little trickier. It means something more along the lines of "Excuse me, I did hear you, but I can't believe that's really what you meant.

A letter may be coded, and a word may be coded. A theatrical performance may be coded, and a sonnet may be coded, and there are times when it seems the entire world is in code. Some believe that the world can be decoded by performing research in a library. Others believe that the world can be decoded by reading a newspaper.

the phrase "lion's share" here means "the biggest part" and has nothing to do with lions or sharing-

The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen. An aphorism is merely a small group of words arranged in a certain order because they sound good that way, but oftentimes people ten to say them as if they were saying something very mysterious and wise.

The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen. An aphorism is merely a small group of words arranged in a certain order because they sound good that way, but oftentimes people tend to say them as if they were saying something very mysterious and wise.

The map is not the territory," Snicket's chaperon advises him. "That's an expression which means the world does not match the picture in our heads.

If you ask one question, it will lead you to another, and another, and another. It's like peeling an onion.

With any word, there are subconscious associations, which simply means that certain words make you think of certain things, even if you don't want to.

José!" Sunny shrieked, which probably meant something like "No way!

The map is not the territory," Snicket's chaperone advises him. "That's an expression which means the world does not match the picture in our heads.

Akroyd!" Sunny cried, a phrase which here means "Roger.

literature," I said. "What's

José!" Sunny shrieked, which probably meant something like "No way!

except instead of the word "love" there was an enormous heart, a symbol sometimes used by people who have trouble figuring out the difference between words and shapes.

Goo goo," Sunny said, which meant something along the lines of "I'm going to pretend I'm a helpless baby, instead of answering your question.

they knew, from the prism of their experience

A menudo las primeras impresiones son absolutamente equivocadas. Puedes mirar un cuadro por primera vez y que no te guste nada, pero, después de mirarlo un rato, te puede parecer muy agradable

Ackroid!" Sunny said, which probably meant something like "Roger!

In the case of this sonata, Nero had apparently been inspired by somebody beating up a cat

He has a wonderful beauty and stillness and you do not. Your poems are unpleasant.

Sign language occupies the interstice where space and silence come together; sign language is the locus where the body meets language.

I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.

There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at.

A lot of people say to me, Why did you kill Christ? I dunno... it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know. We killed him because he didn't want to become a doctor, that's why we killed him.