Quotes About Comprehension

I love the idea that we put in jokes the kids don't get. And that later, when they grow up and read a few books and go to college and watch the show again, they can get it on a completely different level.

I don't really know jokes. I'm just in on the joke.

It doesn't interest me if we cannot explain [our actions] to the world. It will not be because the world doesn't understand, but because it doesn't want to understand.

Since one cannot know all there is to be known about everything,one needs to know something about everything.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few are to be chewed and digested.

Some books are to be tasted, others are to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few books to be read wholly, and with diligence and attraction.

Some books are to be tasted (0-2), others to be swallowed (3), and some few to be chewed and digested(4-5); that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few are to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested

There are those who understand everything till one puts it into words

Hans y Grock se conocen tanto que no necesitan hablarse. A este profundo entendimiento entre hombres es a lo que se llama amistad.

To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.

Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everything which is beyond their range.

The goal of education is understanding; the goal of training is performance.

To be a child is to see things and not know them; then you know them.

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word "but" which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative -- before they tell you. Thus: "I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but ... " (a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut).

If you don't understand it right away, don't worry, you're in good company. Many fund managers and corporate CEOs had only a limited understanding of the bond and derivatives markets until very recently. Even President Clinton reportedly admitted surprise when he discovered the importance of—in his words, according to one source—a bunch of "fucking bond traders.

Gut gesprochen, gut gelernt, eilfertig herausgespien aus dem Fundus Eures Unverstands und unter konsequenter Umgehung des Nachdenkens.

For us to perceive intelligence, it has to fit within our behavioural framework.

People are not as one-dimensional as the stories about them.

We cannot use anything intelligently until we know what it is for.

We know far more than we were ever taught.