Explain Quotes

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.

The theory of evolution is totally inadequate to explain the origin and manifestation of the inorganic world.

One of the primary motivations for the series is that I never really felt that I was a person who could explain verbally what I thought all that well.

It was Jung who first said to explain the symbol as if talking to a man from mars who knew nothing about our life on earth.

And I know this happens because I took economics, and I'd explain it to ya, but I flunked that course. Not my fault. They taught it at 8 o'clock in the morning. And there is absolutely nothing you can learn out of one bloodshot eye.

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being solemn enough in my acts. A mistake for which I would like to apologise or explain myself and which I will not make again. Now, I know the job.

I can explain that shot. Arnold moved his wallet to the other pocket.

They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain. They acted more like they knew they were celebrities and all. I mean they were good, but they were too good.

I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie. You're sitting here watching a movie. And I like that. It appeals to me intellectually, and also in a way I can't even explain.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

I really try not to read the tennis articles, because a lot of times they're guessing at how a player is feeling, and I like to keep myself kind of open minded about how I'm feeling, rather than have someone else explain to me what's going on.

Modern science cannot explain why the laws of physics are exactly balanced for animal life to exist.

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.

It's just not easy to explain to someone else what you don't understand yourself.

Before we decide to trust you with this power, we ask you to stand before the public and explain your views. Justice may be blind, but it should not be deaf.

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.