#under

I'm in fact a hair under six feet, but I'm very svelte. People would never see me if I turned sideways. ↗

— Mo Rocca

#feet #hair #i #in fact #me

I like guys who are understandable and good guys who are flawed. ↗

— George A. Romero

#good #good guys #guys #i #like

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#could #country #husband #i #make

The important thing to understand about legislators is that there are dozens of competing interests and issues that occupy them. They are stretched thin. ↗

— Mark Shields

#competing #dozens #important #important thing #interests

To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#bush #election #ever #george #george bush

I'm a student of world religion, so to me, it's hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing. ↗

— Will Smith

#hugely #i #important #knowledge #me

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#always #detest #egotism #failure #feeling

The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The man of genius casts light. ↗

— George Steiner

#genius #light #man #ordinary #ordinary man

I think it is very important that I should have a talk with you as soon as possible on a highly secret matter. I mentioned it to you shortly after you took office but have not urged it since on account of the pressure you have been under. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#after #been #highly #i #i think

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#art #hangs #hard #modern #modern art