Quotes by Understanding I'd always thought that I understood this, but lately I realize that what I call "understanding" is basically just fantasizing. David Sedaris understoodrealizingunderstanding Rapid population growth and technological innovation, combined with our lack of understanding about how the natural systems of which we are a part work, have created a mess. David Suzuki innovationgrowthunderstanding This was the consequence of seeing too much and understanding the horrible truth: No one is safe. The world is not manageable. David Sedaris understandingsafeworld Living in a foreign country is one of those things that everyone should try at least once. My understanding was that it completed a person, sanding down the rough provincial edges and transforming you into a citizen of the world. What I find appealing in life abroad was the inevitable sense of helplessness it would inspire. Equally exciting would be the work involved in overcoming that helplessness. There would be a goal involved, and I like having goals. David Sedaris understandinggoalcountry Vulnerability is not a weakness but a faculty for understanding. David Whyte facultyweaknessunderstanding Searching, pondering, and applying the words of Christ as taught in the scriptures will bring wisdom and knowledge beyond our mortal understanding. This will strengthen our commitment and provide the spiritual reserves to do our best in all situations. Dean M. Davies understandingspiritualcommitment The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president. Dean Acheson understandingimportantpresident Power is not a matter of one dominant individual or institutions, but instead manifests in interconnected, contradictory sites where regimes of knowledge and practice circulate and take hold. This way of understanding the dispersion of power helps us realize that power is not simply about certain individuals being targeted for death or exclusion by a ruler, but instead about the creation of norms that distribute vulnerability and security. Dean Spade understandingpracticematter 'Normal Life' looks at the current moment in trans politics, understanding that it is often assumed that trans resistance strategies should mimic the lesbian and gay legal rights frameworks that have become so visible in recent decades. Dean Spade gayunderstandingrights The first thing that goes into shooting a scene is understanding whats on the page. Debbie Allen shootingpagesunderstanding Each one of us is left to choose our own quality of life and take pleasure where we find it with the understanding that, like Mom used to say, sooner or later something's gonna get you. David Sedaris qualityunderstandingmom Each aspect within us needs understanding and compassion. If we are unwilling to give it to ourselves how can we expect the world to give it to us? Debbie Ford understandingcompassiongiving Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver. Deborah Tannen understandingwantmen The key to conversation at work is flexibility and understanding how what you say might be perceived by others. Deborah Tannen understandingkeysmight The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future. Dee Hock prudentunderstandingwant In any area of our lives where we fail to act from integrity or violate our own understanding of what is right or wrong for us, we fall prey to putting the outside world’s needs before our own. We then disconnect from the enormity of our power and our ability to create what we want. Debbie Ford understandingintegrityfall We are now at a point in time when the ability to receive, utilize, store, transform and transmit data - the lowest cognitive form - has expanded literally beyond comprehension. Understanding and wisdom are largely forgotten as we struggle under an avalanche of data and information. Dee Hock dataunderstandingstruggle Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, experience. Dee Hock motivationunderstandingintegrity If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this is not possible, then its essential to have a small cadre of very bright, committed people who are questioning, exploring and understanding these emerging concepts. Dee Hock position-of-powerunderstandingpeople The continuous capacity of genius to surpass understanding remains a human constant. Denis Dutton geniusunderstandingcapacity«3435363738394041424344»
