Quotes About Comprehension

The big problem was subvocalization, or the sounding out of words in his mind as he read them. He couldn't seem to squelch the need to hear the words as he read.

I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects.

The best way to know what's in the soup, is to boil yourself in it.

You don't know anything until you know Everything.

The most essential prerequisite to understanding is to be able to admit when you don't understand something

The only way to communicate is to understand what it is like not to understand. It is at that moment that you can make something understandable.

I'm sorry. We know how it works. The world is no longer mysterious.

I see,' she said. And when would she ever learn to stop saying 'I see' about things she didn't see at all?

He shook his head. "No. Because there's no one else out there who understands you like I do." I waited for more. "That's it? You're not going to elaborate on what that means?" Those green eyes held me. "I don't think I need to.

What happened? Did a house fall on your sister?" I asked. Maybe there was a benefit to our language barrier. She pursed her lips. "You can't stay here much longer," she said. My mouth dropped open. "You...you speak English?" She snorted. "Of course.

You should know better.? ?I?ve never known better,? he countered. ?You should know that.

How was it that Adrian Ivashkov, who never seemed to take anything seriously was the only one among these "responsible" people who paid attention to such small details? How was he the only one to really understand the magnitude of what I was feeling?

It'd be nice to have someone who understood some of the things that went on in my head.

Considering Adrian had once gotten bored while reading while reading a particularly long menu, I had a hard time imagining he'd read the Hugo book in any language.

I can understand bitchiness in any language.

How can I explain what I myself don't understand?

That makes sense," Adrian said "It does?" He glanced at me, a flicker of amusement in his eyes. "Yes, little dhampire. Sometimes you make sense. Go on.

You know what I like about you, Mase? You think just like I do." "Frightening concept ," Mead, Richelle (2007-08-16). Vampire Academy (pp. 85-86). Penguin Young Readers Group. Kindle Edition.

Senators came to realize that he understood not only their bills but the reasons they had introduced them;

determining the essence of different points of view (what Lyndon Johnson called "listening")

He could follow someone's mind around, and get where it was going before the other fellow knew where it was going.

It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code. Most of these jokers don't even want to use language you and I know or can learn . . . they would rather sneer at us and be smug, because we 'fail' to see what they are driving at. If indeed they are driving at anything--obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence.

Don't explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin.

The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with those three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots.