Quotes about "understand"

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Sell also: empathize, infer, interpret, read, realise, realize, see, sympathise, sympathize, translate

Definitions and meanings of word "understand"

• Verb: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; examples: "She did not understand her husband", "I understand what she means"

• Verb: perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; examples: "Now I see!", "I just can't see your point", "Does she realize how important this decision is?", "I don't understand the idea"

• Verb: make sense of a language; examples: "She understands French", "Can you read Greek?"

• Verb: believe to be the case; example: "I understand you have no previous experience?"

• Verb: be understanding of; example: "You don't need to explain--I understand!"

Featured authors with quotes containing word "understand"

Manuel Puig
8 quotes about understand
Argentinian Author
Wednesday 28 December 1932 - Sunday 22 July 1990
Steve Jobs
4 quotes about understand
American Businessman, Inventor
Thursday 24 February 1955 - Wednesday 5 October 2011
Helen Rowland
4 quotes about understand
American Writer, Journalist
1875 - 1950
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
3 quotes about understand
American Politician
Born Tuesday 27 September 1966
Lakhdar Brahimi
5 quotes about understand
Algerian Leader, Public Servant
Born Monday 1 January 1934
Baruch Spinoza
5 quotes about understand
Dutch Philosopher
Wednesday 24 November 1632 - Sunday 21 February 1677
Peter Davison
4 quotes about understand
British Actor
Born Friday 13 April 1951
Madeleine Albright
5 quotes about understand
American Statesman
Born Thursday 13 May 1937
Paulo Coelho
4 quotes about understand
Brazilian Novelist, Author
Born Sunday 24 August 1947
David Eagleman
4 quotes about understand
American Writer, Scientist
Born 1971
Claude Monet
2 quotes about understand
French Artist
Saturday 14 November 1840 - Sunday 5 December 1926
Bodhidharma
3 quotes about understand
Indian Clergyman, Athlete

Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law. Understand that we are you. Understand that if we decide to have sex whether safe, safer, or unsafe, it is our decision and you have no rights in our lovemaking.

Derek Jarman

Words: understand, sexuality, wide, sea, morality, law, decide, sex, safe, safer, unsafe, decision, rights, lovemaking
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All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degree - I don't understand me very much. And I don't need the world to understand me. That is the most egocentric thing.

Derek Jarman

Words: all, care, family, loved, ones, understand, degree, very, need, world, egocentric, thing
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I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.

Derek Jarman

Words: begin, feel, Americans, understand, first, Amendment, idea, freedom, speech, responsibility, citizen, speak
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Laura Bush is the same way. I mean, they both, um, understand, they understand the challenges of the moment and understand the responsibilities, he understands the responsibilities he has to protect the national security of America as well as the economic security of America.

Derek Jarman

Words: Bush, same, way, mean, both, understand, challenges, moment, responsibilities, understands, protect, national, security, America, well, economic
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For I do not seek to understand in order to believe, but I believe in order to understand. For I believe this: unless I believe, I will not understand.

Derek Jarman

Words: seek, understand, order, believe, will
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I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning.

Derek Jarman

Words: think, hard, people, understand, Islam, good, religion, yet, Islamists, evil, experience, just, difference, between, snake, handlers, going, church, Sunday, morning
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There's a rebirth that goes on with us continuously as human beings. I don't understand, personally, how you can be bored. I can understand how you can be depressed, but I just don't understand boredom.

Derek Jarman

Words: theres, rebirth, goes, continuously, human, beings, understand, personally, bored, depressed, just, boredom
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Diversity on the bench is critical. As practitioners, you need judges who 'get it!' We need judges who understand what discrimination feels like. We need judges who understand what inequality feels like. We need judges who understand the subtleties of unfair treatment and who are willing to call it out when they see it!

Derek Jarman

Words: diversity, bench, critical, practitioners, need, judges, get, understand, discrimination, feels, inequality, subtleties, unfair, treatment, willing, call, see
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No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.

Derek Jarman

Words: psychologist, pretend, understand, does, fools, charlatans, know, nothing
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We can sometimes love what we do not understand, but it is impossible completely to understand what we do not love.

Derek Jarman

Words: sometimes, love, understand, impossible, completely
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He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Derek Jarman

Words: does, understand, silence, will, probably, words
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Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.

Derek Jarman

Words: long, before, understand, through, process, way, family, society, state, live
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Everything is difficult, and everything worthwhile is difficult. A certain need, a need not unlike Mickey had: to know, to understand, and I had that need to understand and to know.

Derek Jarman

Words: difficult, worthwhile, certain, need, unlike, Mickey, know, understand
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A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.

Derek Jarman

Words: man, pretends, understand, women, bad, manners, really, morals
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We should never denigrate any other culture but rather help people to understand the relationship between their own culture and the dominant culture. When you understand another culture or language, it does not mean that you have to lose your own culture.

Derek Jarman

Words: never, denigrate, any, other, culture, rather, help, people, understand, relationship, between, own, dominant, another, language, does, mean, lose
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I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church. I wanted to understand this event, and the only way to understand it was to write about it.

Derek Jarman

Words: saw, photograph, wedding, conducted, Reverend, moon, unification, church, wanted, understand, event, way, write, about
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Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.

Derek Jarman

Words: understand, explained, very, little
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You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.

Derek Jarman

Words: will, never, understand, bureaucracies, bureaucrats, procedure, outcomes, nothing
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Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.

Derek Jarman

Words: criticism, misconception, must, read, understand
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People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.

Derek Jarman

Words: people, understand, poorly, complaint, about, understanding
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