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Understanding Things Quotes (page 11)

Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of the other; and when man is able to comprehend certain things, it does not follow that he must be able to comprehend everything. Maimonides
This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we - we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything. Doris Lessing
Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small. Zola Budd
In Serbia a lot of people hate me because they want to westernize, not understanding that the western world is bipolar, with very good things and very bad things. Emir Kusturica
The problem isn't that people don't understand how good things are. It's that they know, from personal experience, that things really aren't that good. Paul Krugman
I spent my whole life in the private sector, 25 years in the private sector. I understand that when government takes more money out of the hands of people, it makes it more difficult for them to buy things. If they can't buy things, the economy doesn't grow. If the economy doesn't grow, we don't put Americans to work. Mitt Romney
I think Shrek makes an effect in older people. And there are many things in the movie that you saw that are not for kids. Kids would not understand certain things. Antonio Banderas
We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let's get an understanding as to where all this is foolishness coming from. There are others who are putting things out there or throwing a stick and hiding their hand and keeping things built up in the media. Afrika Bambaataa
In reality I have said very little things; I didn't point out many things to Geoffrey, I trusted very much not only his understanding of what I was doing, or what I wanted to do, in that moment. Victoria de los Angeles
Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our heads - at least that's where I imagine it - there's a little room where we store those memories. A room like the stacks in this library. And to understand the workings of our own heart we have to keep on making new reference cards. We have to dust things off every once in awhile, let in fresh air, change the water in the flower vases. In other words, you'll... Haruki Murakami
Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts, but it goes through and beyond facts. This is something that it is very difficult for some people to understand. Truth can be dangerous. Madeleine L'Engle
Mitch Albom quote: "Sitting high above the city, Father Time realized that knowing..."
Sitting high above the city, Father Time realized that knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing. Mitch Albom
So we came to understand that small and important thing, that our lives could be large with interesting strangers who would pass us without any personal involvement. Michael Ondaatje
There are lots of things we never understand, no matter how many years we put on, no matter how much experience we accumulate. Haruki Murakami
Denzel Washington quote: "When you don't understand something, you label it and condemn..."
When you don't understand something, you label it and condemn it" (94) - Danny Glover, "The Fundamental Things Denzel Washington

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