Understand Quotes

To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I write because I love it!

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Before we can know God and understand his great plan it is first necessary for us to believe that he exists and that he rewards all who diligently seek him.

It's a different outlook, and one that I understand. When you are a former member of the Warsaw Pact, when you have lived behind the Berlin Wall, when you have experienced the communist systems that existed in these countries, for them, the West represents hope.

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.

I didn't want to repeat my mistakes so I stopped, took some time out and started having therapy. My songs were bringing up feelings inside of me I didn't really understand, so I wanted to understand where they were coming from to help me be a better person and a better songwriter.

I would never want any of my kids to go into this industry; not until they are old enough to understand and if this is something that they really want to do.

But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies.

The terrorists know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out all the stops to derail our efforts. They understand that a free and democratic Iraq is a serious blow to their interests.

We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.

You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.

Very difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they don't like. Some movie I like very much, it doesn't work. Some movie I don't like, it gets big box office. Very difficult.

When all the performances are excellent, critics understand it's the direction.

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.

I don't understand some people, using biblical terms to criticize me when this is just a game.

Some people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people.

I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can understand how he felt - how his fame limited his freedom. You get kinder as you go along.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.

So I turned these sort of deficiencies into a, a workable thing if you understand what I mean.

Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand.

I think I understand something about space. I think the job of a sculptor is spatial as much as it is to do with form.

Even a liberal reporter is a patriot, wants the best for this country. And people, your fair and balanced friends at Fox, don't fully understand that.

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

I understand men much better than most women I know.

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.

I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it matters less, than either of them suppose.

I thought my goal in life was to be in a successful band, and I had got that, but I was as miserable as I had ever been, and I couldn't understand why that would be.

Sometimes a lot of us men think we are doing everything for the woman we love, but there is an aspect of a woman a man doesn't understand.