#understand

What we must understand is that the industries, processes, and inventions created by modern science can be used either to subjugate or liberate. The choice is up to us. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#created #either #industries #inventions #liberate

Often, if I read a story and I'm moved, I have an understanding for a character and I don't really know why. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#i #know #moved #often #read

A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot. ↗

— Bill Walton

#effect #lot #means #people #really

The people that are running the bulk of the comic shops in North America aren't business people and they don't understand sales. They don't understand good product. ↗

— Rob Walton

#bulk #business #business people #comic #good

But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything. ↗

— Alan Watts

#connected #everything #far #forest #get

Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#affirmative #affirmative action #awards #choices #compassion

I don't want to be understood because if people understand me, they get tired of me. ↗

— Lil Wayne

#get #i #me #people #tired

Every user of the river down here understands that a healthy river is absolutely vital for a healthy economy and a healthy tourism industry. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#down #economy #every #healthy #healthy economy

Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it's not a product; it's an understanding of human nature. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#china #design #everyone #human #human nature

The Beijing Olympics and the Shanghai World Expo show just how much effort China is willing to spend to enter the global stage. But while China desires to understand the world, it fails to accept its universal values. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#beijing #china #desires #effort #enter