The nature of power is such that it can never be understood.
I saw more than I can tell And I understood more than I saw.
The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that, perhaps, is what makes him different from others.
A great step forward was made the day men understood that in order to torment one another more efficiently they would have to gather together, to organize themselves into a society
It was what you did, Wolgast understood; you started to tell a story about who you were, and soon enough the lies were all you had and you became that person.
we always misunderstood ourselves, and rarely understood others
If people would only talk about what they understood, Earth would be a very quiet place.
One thing I do know is that poetry, to be understood, must be clear.
The Greeks, who knew everything, understood that without the orgy there is no middle ground between bedlam and Toronto. . . we need the healing grace of the orgy in this country.
I like rain and mist. I've never understood why people exclaim over bright skies and bushels of glaring sunshine.
Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.
People don't want to be understood - I mean not completely. It's too destructive. Then they haven't anything left. They don't want complete sympathy or complete understanding. They want to be treated carelessly and taken for granted lots of times.
As to the family, I have never understood how that fits in with the other ideals -- or, indeed, why it should be an ideal at all.
I wish I understood the beauty in leaves falling. To whom are we beautiful as we go?
I have always hated machinery, and the only machine I ever understood was a wheelbarrow, and that but imperfectly.
One look at each other and it was immediately understood that they both needed a clean slate,,, The obliteration of memory.
I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.
Somebody under 30, if the name Frank Zappa came up, they would just say, "Who?" To me that didn't sit well, because I felt my dad's accomplishments in music should be better known, not just in a popular way, but better understood.
All those ridiculous songs about love - I finally understood.
Some people think to be strong is to never feel pain. However the strongest people are the ones that have felt pain, understood it, accepted it and learned from it.