Understand

Famous quotes containing the word understand:

“I understand thy kisses, and thou mine,
And that’s a feeling disputation.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“It’s no use of talking unless people understand what you say.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)

“Listening to learn isn’t about giving advice—at least not until asked—but about trying to understand exactly what someone means, how it is that someone looks at and feels about her particular situation.... Listening to learn from a daughter in adolescence, conspiring with her thoughts and feelings, keeps a mother in touch with a daughter’s growing and changing self.”
—Elizabeth Debold (20th century)