Quotes by Understanding All musicians practice ear training constantly, whether or not they are cognizant of it. If, when listening to a piece of music, a musician is envisioning how to play it or is trying to play along, that musician is using his or her 'ear' - the understanding and recognition of musical elements - for guidance. Steve Vai understandingpracticeplay Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words. Steven Bochco communicationunderstandingtelevision To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity. Steven Brust eccentricfashionunderstanding Absolute truisms rot brains absolutely.[...]'Power corrupts' is useless as a tool for understanding the past, and gives us nothing as a guide to action. Steven Brust understandinggivingpast She looked down again and I was stymied. I sat. Oh, this was enough to make me love her, because I was right with her, understanding every second and longing to step in. I didn’t even need to know the specific that was troubling her, because to me her halting voice easily stood for the general woe that hangs in the air, even on life’s happiest days. Steve Martin voiceunderstandingair It places value on experience versus intellectual understanding. I saw a lot of people contemplating things but it didn't seem to lead to too many places. I got very interested in people who had discovered something more significant than an intellectual, abstract understanding. Steve Jobs understandingintellectualpeople Acceptance comes through understanding. Steven Petrow understandingacceptance I got very interested in people who had discovered something more significant than ... intellectual, abstract understanding. Steve Jobs understandingintellectualpeople The more we refine our understanding of God to make the concept plausible, the more it seems pointless. Steven Weinberg plausibleunderstandingseems What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period. Stevie Wonder confusedhateunderstanding The point is to explore whatever may be helpful for thinking, understanding, and acting responsibly over long periods of time. Stewart Brand understandinglongthinking And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. Stephen King understandingimportantpeople This is like one thing that I've tried to do, and I think successfully, that when you realize that nothing really belongs to you, you begin to appreciate having an understanding of just where your head is at, and you feel so much better. Stevie Wonder appreciateunderstandingthinking Semantics is about the relation of words to thoughts, but it also about the relation of words to other human concerns. Semantics is about the relation of words to reality - the way that speakers commit themselves to a shared understanding of the truth, and the way their thoughts are anchored to things and situations in the world. Steven Pinker understandingrealityworld A lot of the times the first take was the best, because the actors are not analyzing themselves as much; they just do it. I believe in happy accidents and I'm not necessarily into actors getting the dialogue exactly as I wrote it; I'm much more into them understanding the motivations and have it come out in a natural way, and maybe catch something that I didn't expect. Storm Saulter motivationunderstandingbelieve We're stuck in fear and in not wanting to cross that most important bridge of understanding that we're more alike or not. We all cry, we all laugh. Stevie Wonder understandingbridgeslaughing The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution of twisted propaganda. Strom Thurmond understandingwhitepeople Jesus made it possible for us to have the peace that passes all understanding-the kind that carries us, stabilizes us, grounds us, and keeps us from slipping. Stormie Omartian slippingunderstandingjesus I turned my air conditioner the other way around and it got cold out. The weatherman said 'I don't understand it. It was supposed to be 80 degrees out today.' I said, oops Steven Wright understandingairhome When I read philosophy or neuroscience papers about consciousness, I don't get the sense we're any closer to understanding it than we were 50 years ago. Stuart J. Russell understandingphilosophyyears«160161162163164165166167168169170»
