#understood

There was no doubt that sooner or later we will fight. But we will fight not in the way of the dissidents' protests. We understood that we needed to be as professional as possible. ↗

— Anatoly Chubais

#doubt #fight #later #needed #no doubt

The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which sparked off another idea that was only slightly better, which somebody else misunderstood in such a way that they then said something which was really rather interesting. ↗

— John Cleese

#another #back #better #else #good

But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood. ↗

— Ted Kotcheff

#direct #i #never #possessed #possession

A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#appreciated #battle #described #easily #great

As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out on that stage with people just hemming the band in. ↗

— Benny Goodman

#could #handle #just #life #my life

If one is rich and one's a woman, one can be quite misunderstood. ↗

— Katharine Graham

#quite #rich #woman

It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood. ↗

— Terry Gross

#being misunderstood #fear #just #misunderstood #sometimes

Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations. ↗

— Chuck Hagel

#constraint #democracy #expand #expansion #freedom

Having seen a non-market economy, I suddenly understood much better what I liked about a market economy. ↗

— Esther Dyson

#better #economy #having #i #liked

I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately. ↗

— Peter Falk

#did #i #i think #john #never