#grasp

Wherefore the mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also fails, grasping the shadow instead of the substance. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#also #architect #assign #fails #forms

Don't get me wrong, some of the mis-informed articles I have read over the last few weeks have been incredibly frustrating, but for my part I fully appreciate the opportunity I have been given and want to grasp it firmly. ↗

— Adam Rickitt

#articles #been #few #firmly #frustrating

We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount. ↗

— Omar N. Bradley

#grasped #mount #mystery #rejected #sermon

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#full #grasp #know #laws #letter

I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind. ↗

— Saint Bernard

#cannot #comprehend #faith #grasp #hold

One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables, only about seven can be grasped in one act, but that with frequent repetition and gradually increasing familiarity with the series this capacity of consciousness may be increased. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#act #capacity #case #consciousness #familiarity

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be. ↗

— William James

#clear #fully #grasp #import #never

Star Trek has brought so much of what I want within my grasp. ↗

— DeForest Kelley

#grasp #i #much #star #star trek

You have to remember we're just performers, that we seldom have any kind of grasp on real life. ↗

— Tom Kenny

#grasp #just #kind #life #performers

It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist. ↗

— Nicole Kidman

#am #because #dark #disappear #exhibitionist