Quotes by Understanding Transmitting information is easier than creating understanding. Harold Evans creatinginformationunderstanding An understanding of what food is and how cooking works does no violence to the art of cuisine, destroys no delightful mystery. Instead, the mystery expands from matters of expertise and taste to encompass the hidden patterns and wonderful coincidences of nature. Harold McGee understandingfoodart The weaving of mankind into one community does not imply the creation of a homogeneous community, but rather the reverse; the welcome and adequate utilization of distinctive quality in an atmosphere of understanding.... Communities all to one pattern, like boxes of toy soldiers, are things of the past, rather than of the future. H. G. Wells communityunderstandingpast To the acquisition of the rare quality of politeness, so much of the enlightened understanding is necessary that I cannot but consider every book in every science, which tends to make us wiser, and of course better men, as a treatise on a more enlarged system of politeness. Harold Monro understandingmenbook Sound economy is a sound understanding brought into action; it is calculation realized; it is the doctrine of proportion reduced to practice; it is foreseeing contingencies, and providing against them. Hannah More understandingpracticesound One of the most important phases of maturing is that of growth from self-centering to an understanding relationship to others. A person is not mature until he has both an ability and a willingness to see himself as one among others and to do unto those others as he would have them do to him. Harry Allen Overstreet understandingselffunny The truth of the matter was stories was everything and everything was stories. Everybody told stories. It was a way of saying who they were in the world. It was their understanding of themselves. It was letting themselves know how they believed the world worked, the right way and the way that was not so right. Harry Crews understandingstoriesworld Jen and I were accustomed to our father's last-will-and-testament diction, and were at times free to interrupt Atticus for a translation when it was beyond our understanding. Harper Lee dictionunderstandingfather . . . is it to be understood that the principles of the Declaration of Independence bear no relation to half of the human race? Harriet Martineau independenceunderstandingrace The living body is intelligent beyond our understanding; it is incomprehensibly intelligent. Harvey Diamond healthintelligentunderstanding An actor only has his own understanding and experience to work with. Harrison Ford actorsunderstanding The way I see things, the way I see life, I see it as a struggle. And there's a great deal of reward I have gained coming to that understanding - that existence is a struggle. Harvey Keitel rewardsunderstandingstruggle None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you. Harvey Mackay thanksgivingunderstandingthank-you Migration was not the only unpleasant experience I went though. I was born and lived in a country ruled by a brutal dictator whose wars never ended, and from an early age I was passionate about understanding the world through knowledge. Hassan Blasim understandingwarcountry Actors are observers. They're trying to have an understanding of human sensibility. And how do you have that accurate observation if you regard yourself as someone of great importance? When you're the one constantly being observed, because they view you as a celebrity? It's all wrong. Hayden Christensen understandingviewstrying Therefore it is the law of the mystics to see all things, to experience all things, either of heaven or earth, and yet to say little; for the souls incapable of understanding the possibility of their reach will ridicule them. Hazrat Inayat Khan understandinglawheaven What a great thing is understanding! It is priceless. No man can give greater pleasure to his fellow man than by understanding him. Hazrat Inayat Khan understandinggivingmen Understanding' is merely the sum total of our misunderstandings. Haruki Murakami misunderstandingunderstanding It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. Harry S. Truman abilityunderstandinggiving I have a background and an understanding of what's happened in the Middle East that a lot of people don't have, because there's been no interest. Helen Thomas middle-eastunderstandingpeople«6061626364656667686970»
