Understood Quotes - Page 2

The existing scientific concepts cover always only a very limited part of reality, and the other part that has not yet been understood is infinite.

All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're obliged to overstate their own importance.

Having seen a non-market economy, I suddenly understood much better what I liked about a market economy.

All of nationalism can be understood as a kind of collective narcissism.

I'm so misunderstood that people misunderstand me even when I tell them I'm misunderstood.

I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood. Don't degrade me into the position of giving you useful information. Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

More has been screwed up on the battlefield and misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of understanding of the English language than any other single factor.

I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.

Life cannot be lived, and understood, simultaneously.

Brotherhood is an ideal better understood by example than precept!

What nearly everybody in my life had misunderstood about Satanism was that it is not about ritual sacrifices, digging up graves and worshipping the devil. The devil doesn't exist. Satanism is about worshipping yourself, because you are responsible for your own good and evil.

Art is not there simply to be understood. ... It is more the sense of an indication or suggestion.

A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.

Failure's relative. I've always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something's not right about that. It's how you treat failure, too. There's something to learn from it. I've had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures: What kind of failure was it? A failure because it's misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?

Pain is not something to be feared; it is something to be understood.

Art is an international language, understood by all.

The gems of philosophy are not less precious because they are not understood.

These, too, seem to me so ambiguous, so vague, so easily misunderstood in comparison to genuine music, which fills the soul with a thousand things better than words.

Entrepreneurs must be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.

I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.

Not everybody will get it. People will misinterpret you and what you do. They might even call you names. So get comfortable with being misunderstood, disparaged, or ignored -- the trick is to be too busy doing your work to care.

Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood.

Donkeys are the most misunderstood and abused animals around the world.

Whoever thought that he had understood something of me had merely construed something out of me, after his own image.

Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.