#stood

Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority. ↗

— Barber Conable

#democracy #fathers #founding #founding fathers #functioning

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

If you understood everything I say, you'd be me! ↗

— Miles Davis

#i #me #say #understood #you

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow. ↗

— Lawrence Clark Powell

#heard #read #speak #understood #write

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

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#before #dared #darkness #deep #doubting

And Big Night, I think by the end the brothers find that balance, when they touch each other on the shoulder over breakfast and it's understood that what should never have driven them apart almost drove them apart. I think that's a true moment. ↗

— Tony Shalhoub

#apart #balance #big #big night #breakfast

Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other. ↗

— William Tecumseh Sherman

#drunk #each #grant #him #i

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. ↗

— Marie Curie

#fear #feared #less #may #more

I've never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn't seem very appealing to me. ↗

— Banksy

#banksy #hours #life #night #people