Understood Quotes - Page 3

Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood.

Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth.

Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it.

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band's lead singer, Eric Burdon. "So you're the honky," she said, "who stole my song and got a hit out of it?

'Studying the Way' is just a figure of speech, a method of arousing people's interest in the early stages of their development. In fact, the Way is not something which can be studied. Study leads to the retention of concepts, and so the Way is entirely misunderstood

If we are understood, more words are unnecessary; if we are not likely to be understood, they are useless.

I miss the movies. Still, I understood that my kind of movie has had its day. I thought it was over for me.

Learning is experience understood in tranquility.

There is something wrong with a work of art if it can be understood by a policeman.

My misfortune is doubly painful to me because it will result in my being misunderstood. For me there can be no recreation in the company of others, no intelligent conversation, no exchange of information with peers; only the most pressing needs can make me venture into society. I am obliged to live like an outcast.

Did you ever have a conversation with someone who misunderstood everything you had to say? It's exhausting, and the ironic part is that the more you try and explain yourself, the more mixed up things become. Your best friend knows when you're kidding, venting, and tired. He or she knows you and therefore doesn't read into the things you say.

I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.

I felt such a deep connection with dolphins. I felt like they were the only ones who understood me.

One cannot refute what one has not thoroughly understood.

Any work of art that can be understood is the product of journalism.

It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.

The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.

Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.

I've never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don't allow themselves any other activities.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

..he understood far more deeply than anyone else the loneliness that lurked beneath his jaunty mask.

Don't make misrepresentations to anyone you deal with. If you believe the other person may have misunderstood you, correct any misunderstanding you find exists. Honesty is integral to ethical behavior, and trustworthiness is essential for good, lasting relationships.

Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood.

God can be trusted even when he cannot be seen or understood.

A writer who is in a hurry to be understood today or tomorrow runs the danger of being misunderstood the day after tomorrow.