Quotes About Interpretation

Humor's the hardest thing to translate.

If God can speak through a bee sting, why cannot He speak through the ghost of life-loving Rebecca?

Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

CHRISTIAN, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.

Okur kitap arar ama, kitab?n da okuru buldu?unu ben çok gördüm. Aç?klanabilir bir ?ey söylemiyorum belki, ama "rastlant?lar"?n ço?u, aç?klayamad???m?z için rastlant? görünmez mi?

Yaz? kendini söyler, söylemedi?ini yok eder. Bir de, ara bir yol olarak, yok ettiklerinin bir bölü?ünü sezdirebilir. Sezdirdikleri "var" de?ildir ama "yok" da de?ildir.

An?lar, belli bir okuyu?un sa?layabilece?i anlamlar? ta??r ancak. Anahtar? yaz?lmad?kça birtak?m benekler olarak kalan notalar gibi.

Ama sözlerin bir anlam?, bir de?eri vard? hala. Onlar, -sözler, anlamlar?,- kolay kolay ölmüyor.

It depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is. If the—if he—if "is" means is and never has been, that is not—that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement.

Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think–in a deeper voice.

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

I was over in Australia during Easter, which was really interesting. You know, they celebrate Easter the exact same way we do, commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus by telling our children that a giant bunny rabbit … left chocolate eggs in the night. Now … I wonder why we're fucked up as a race. I've read the Bible. I can't find the word "bunny" or "chocolate" anywhere in the fucking book.

The capacity of mankind to misunderstand the world is without limit.

they had discovered five ways the words came. He

It ain't nothin' till I call it.

This has been a learning experience for me. I also thought that privacy was something we were granted in the Constitution. I have learned from this when in fact the word privacy does not appear in the Constitution.

I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally.

On September 6, 1819, he wrote: "The Constitution Ã¢â'¬Â¦ is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.

mansplaining.

Then, it hit me. I had asked for condiments. The woman from room service—who didn't speak English very well—thought I said condoms

So much of 'Jaws' was amazing because the mind filled in what was missing.

Communication is the expression, interpretation, and negotiation of meaning with a purpose in a given context.

I like to keep the meanings in my work flowing and open.

And last, it may be worthwhile trying to hang something beyond the partial wall because some of the pictures do very well in a confined space.