Quotes by Understanding He had not breathed a word of love, or dropped one hint of tenderness or affection, and yet I had been supremely happy. To be near him, to hear him talk as he did talk, and to feel that he thought me worthy to be so spoken to - capable of understanding and duly appreciating such discourse - was enough. Anne Bronte hintsappreciateunderstanding I had an occasional flash of understanding, but then got selfishly wrapped up again in my own problems and pleasures. Anne Frank pleasureunderstandingproblem Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity. Anne Lamott gratitudeunderstandingjoy My understanding is that you get to choose which of your thoughts to go with. Anne Lamott understanding I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God. Anne Lamott theologicalopinionunderstanding life itself is always pulling you away from the understanding of life. Anne Morrow Lindbergh pullingunderstanding Just because we're related doesn't mean we are any good at understanding each other. Anne Tyler understanding-each-otherunderstandingmean If I actually believed that the progress of human understanding depended on our crop of contemporary novelists, I would shoot myself. Annie Dillard progressnovelistsunderstanding You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding. Annie Lennox communityunderstandingpeople I'm appalled that the word 'feminism' has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture. It isn't about us and them. Annie Lennox feminismunderstandingbelieve My first understanding of HIV and AIDS was like everybody else from my generation. In the mid-'80s, we heard about this, and it was terrifying, because we knew nothing about how to respond to it appropriately, and we didn't really understand about how the virus is passed. There was a lot of misconception about that. Annie Lennox hivvirusesunderstanding Buying art is not understanding art. Anselm Kiefer buyingunderstandingart I do not try, Lord, to attain Your lofty heights, because my understanding is in no way equal to it. But I do desire to understand Your truth a little, that truth that my heart believes and loves. I do not seek to understand that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand. For I believe this also, that unless I believe, I shall not understand. Anselm of Canterbury understandingheartbelieve All Politeness is owing to Liberty. We polish one another, and rub off our Corners and rough Sides by a sort of amicable Collision. To restrain this, is inevitably to bring a Rust upon Mens Understandings. Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury rustlibertyunderstanding The Kobe craze really annoyed me. Most of the practitioners had no real understanding of the product and were abusing it and exploiting it in terrible and ridiculous ways. Kobe beef should not be used in a hamburger. It's completely pointless. Anthony Bourdain annoyedunderstandingreal By freethinking I mean the use of the understanding in endeavoring to find out the meaning of any proposition whatsoever, in considering the nature of the evidence for or against, and in judging of it according to the seeming force or weakness of the evidence. Anthony Collins understandingjudgingmean The only way to change is by changing your understanding. Anthony de Mello understandingway In the deep, unwritten wisdom of life there are many things to be learned that cannot be taught. We never know them by hearing them spoken, but we grow into them by experience and recognize them through understanding. Understanding is a great experience in itself, but it does not come through instruction. Anthony Hope learningunderstandinglife I may not understand, but I am willing to admire. Anthony Hope admirationunderstandingmay The Constitution needs allegiance and loyalty and renewal and understanding with each generation, or else it's not going to last. Anthony Kennedy loyaltyunderstandingneeds«7891011121314151617»
