Understand

Famous quotes containing the word understand:

“Let the amelioration in our laws of property proceed from the concession of the rich, not from the grasping of the poor. Let us understand that the equitable rule is, that no one should take more than his share, let him be ever so rich.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Now that I see you understand me so well, I will avoid you.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of to-day.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)