Quotes About Comprehension

Speak so that I can understand you.

understanding consists in reducing one type of reality to another." Claude Levi-Strauss

As F. Scott Fitzgerald observed, "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

In the realm of the phenomenal, "less is more" only when less is the sum total of more.

the five steps of the method Reading Faster 300x: 1. Preparation 2. Preview 3. Reading 4. Review 5. Memorize

read faster and better is the understanding of a text, because the brain has less time for distractions.

Knowledge was like candy: you never turned it down, especially if you didn't have to work too hard to get it.

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.

He wasn't smart enough to see it, said Jason Bourne. He couldn't think geometrically.

No, the reason he didn't fear death was because he had accepted his place—minuscule as an atom, insignificant as a mayfly—in a mystery and a miracle beyond full comprehension. It was enough to have participated in it and to have achieved as much as one could while here.

Though they have not the capacity to reply, I refuse to believe that our pets have no comprehension

No, the reason he didn't fear death was because he had accepted his place—minuscule as an atom, insignificant as a mayfly—in a mystery and a miracle beyond full comprehension.

the reason he didn't fear death was because he had accepted his place—minuscule as an atom, insignificant as a mayfly—in a mystery and a miracle beyond full comprehension. It was enough to have participated in it and to have achieved as much as one could while here. "I

I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." ? Robert McCloskey

For most writers, the knowledge they gain from reading and study equals or outweighs experience, especially if that experience goes unexamined.

An intelligent adult often feels it is demeaning to pay attention to simplistic definitions.

I could see the light was going on in his head.

Seeing what is not effective is effective for understanding what is effective.

To know all is to despise all.

I'd never understand little kids. You ask them to clean up their toys, and it's like the end of the freaking world. You ask them to do a big kid chore that they won't be any good at, and it's like an early Christmas present.

I would never tell you not to read as many books as you can. But remember, some books are meant to be tasted, some books are meant to be chewed and, finally, some books are meant to be swallowed whole.

Do anything long enough and you'll get some depth of insight and understanding about it.

deja de escuchar con intención de contestar. Lo que debes hacer es escuchar con intención de comprender.

remember, some books are meant to be tasted, some books are meant to be chewed and, finally, some books are meant to be swallowed whole. Which