Quotes About Comprehension

People who understand basketball definitely appreciate what I bring to the table.

I constantly want to know - what is a table, or what is a cat?

We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.

Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.

Books are mute as far as sound is concerned. It follows that reading aloud is a combination of two distinct operations, of two 'languages.' It is something far more complex than speaking and reading taken separately by themselves.

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.

A great listener - that was my talent!

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

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

All of the coding and hacking stuff that we do and I talk about, I always have them explain what it means so I know what I'm saying.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

We had literary references, so we knew what we were talking about. We could quote things, talk about books we'd read; you can say something, you don't have to explain it.

Remember that the key to the Discipline of study is not reading many books, but experiencing what we do read.

Horned Toad's pal, the baby face in the jeep, is running at me, firing the rifle. I guess he's upset because he hasn't grasped the fact that it's really hard to hit anything when you're running and your gun is bouncing around like a rubber duck in a typhoon.

This is not merely the literary technique of overhearing

A man will will never know a woman until he knows her work.

the more we know, superficially, the less we penetrate, vertically.

Denton, L., & Silver, M. (2012). Listening and understanding: Language and learning disabilities. In L. Barclay (Ed.), Learning to listen/listening to learn (pp. 372–453). New York, NY: American Foundation for the Blind.

If you cannot grok the overall structure of a program while taking a shower, e.g., with no external memory aids, you are not ready to code it.

Everyone can open a book not everyone can appreciate the beauty of the writing.

Is that it?" Jack asked. "No. That is the Xing zheng yuan Hui an Xun fang Shu." "I was just going to say that," Tessa said.

anyone can open a book. Not everyone can appreciate the beauty of the writing.

If you're going to read minds, start with a simple one.