#stood

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

#additional #creator #does #explained #fulfilled

Communication is the one class no one graduates from. Even the wisest man's words will be misinterpreted by a fool. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#conversation #misunderstood #wisdom #communication

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#greatness #misunderstood #philosophical

We found that just by the way we stood, affected women dramatically, and if you look at our show, you'll see that we always stood with our legs open our fists on hips and our bat bulges forward, which had a profound effect on women! ↗

— Burt Ward

#always #bat #dramatically #effect #fists

I am greatly misunderstood by politically correct idiots. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#correct #greatly #i #i am #idiots

Certainly I think the election of John Kennedy and all he stood for was one that really was an inspiration. ↗

— Birch Bayh

#election #i #i think #inspiration #john

In order to say that some function is understood, every relevant step in the process must be elucidated. ↗

— Michael Behe

#every #function #must #order #process

What they're not doing is marketing the Dead Kennedys in the spirit of what the band stood for. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#dead #doing #kennedys #marketing #spirit

Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket... the least understood and the least noticed. ↗

— Frank Capra

#noticed #part #racket #toughest #understood

As a revelation from God, they have stood the test of many ages; and as such maintained their ground against every species of enemy, and every mode of attack. Truth is mighty, and must prevail. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#ages #attack #enemy #every #god