Part of what confuses people in times of upheaval is that you’re getting so many different points of view and directions and so and so, how to do this and do that. And a lot of it is written in a language that honestly most people cannot understand.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

A mother defends herself with a heart filled with love before doing so with words. I wonder whether there is any love for the church in the hearts of those who pay so much attention to the scandals.

I’m no longer just a candidate. I’m the President. I know what it means to send young Americans into battle, for I have held in my arms the mothers and fathers of those who didn’t return. I’ve shared the pain of families who’ve lost their homes, and the frustration of workers who’ve lost their jobs.

There are very few people who really appreciate my shows. People come to the show and they pay and they enjoy it, but I don’t really think most people really understand what they’ve seen.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs.

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.

I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I’m home now. But leave a message and I’ll call when I’m out.

The infinite faith I have in people’s ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior.

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, ‚Did you sleep good?‘ I said ‚No, I made a few mistakes.‘

It’s pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.

OK, I have a nickname. My family calls me ‚Trey‘ because I’m William the third. My dad has the same name, which is always confusing because my dad is well known, and I’m also known.

Being politically correct means saying what’s polite rather than what’s accurate. I like to be accurate.

With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But if you have fear of losing your status, your position, you will not have the courage to do it.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying.

When your mother asks, ‚Do you want a piece of advice?‘ it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.

It’s presumptuous to say you know how somebody feels.

There are many things that I don’t understand.

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.

Persuasion is clearly a sort of demonstration, since we are most fully persuaded when we consider a thing to have been demonstrated.

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.

Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Jesus is a divine guest inside of you all the time – one who loves, understands, sees and hears you. He wants to live in oneness with you… to be the centerpiece of everything you do.

To a guy like me, a laugh is full of information.

Disagreement is something normal.

If you’re doing a biography, you try to stay as accurate as possible to reality. But you really don’t know what was going on in the person’s mind. You just know what was going on in the minds of people around him.

To understand Europe, you have to be a genius – or French.

I grew up cursing a lot. It felt natural. My parents told me to stop.

The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow.

Science is nothing but perception.

Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I found I could give popular lectures. I enjoy communicating science. It is important that the public understands basic science, if they are not to leave vital decisions to others.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Mediocre theoretical physicists make no progress. They spend all their time understanding other people’s progress.

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.

There are many times when a woman will ask another girl friend how she likes her new hat. She will reply, ‚Fine,‘ but slap her hand to her forehead the minute the girl leaves to yipe, ‚What a horror!‘

Each day we understand better what the Indians say, and they us, so that very often we are intelligible to each other.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.

Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way.

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.

You don’t lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership.

I’m actually starting to like more and more people who have convictions that are unpopular.

What air is to the body, to feel understood is to the heart.

I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it’s a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.

If you’re yelling you’re the one who’s lost control of the conversation.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

Back when I was in school, few people understood dyslexia and what to do for it. My teachers thought I was lazy and not very clever, and I got bored easily… thinking of all the things I could do once I left school. I couldn’t always follow what was going on.

When we launched a new company, I reviewed the ads and marketing materials and asked those presenting the campaign to read everything aloud to test the phrasing and concept. If I could grasp it quickly, then it passed with muster. We would get our message across only if it was understandable at first glance.

I’m the most boring person to talk to.

It’s sometimes comical to hear the younger generation ask their peers to repeat themselves.

Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.

You can see neurosis from below – as a sickness – as most psychiatrists see it. Or you can understand it as a compassionate man might: respecting the neurosis as a fumbling and inefficient effort toward good ends.

We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans – because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings. That’s why we paint, that’s why we dare to love someone – because we have the impulse to explain who we are.

Woman begins by resisting a man’s advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.