People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.
Poles must understand history but we must also overcome it if it is obstructing our contemporary goals.
In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
It was tough for me at school... trying to blend in and get along with other kids. I was an oddity and kids are scared of things they don't understand.
Many Americans do not understand that the officers of the government are simply the servants of the people.
I can understand where the oil company wants to deduct the cost of drilling a well. That's one of the tax breaks for oil companies - the subsidies - they get to deduct the cost of the well the year you drill.
The Ancient Games are relatively obscure to most Olympians, but to understand just what the Games are about, it is really necessary to investigate the roots and the meaning that has transformed culture and society for so many years.
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
Politics are private. I don't understand people who try to convince you to join one party or another.
It is a very unusual sector and the one thing I would ask of them is to understand that for most of them one-third of their films are being financed by the taxpayer and that carries huge accountability and responsibility.
The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.
When I first got into technology I didn't really understand what open source was. Once I started writing software, I realized how important this would be.
UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
I don't know what 'operational control' of the border means, but I do understand the English language. And as I understand that phrase, that's not true. We do not have operational control.
The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them.
My father gave me an old Olympia portable when I was in fourth grade. Our ancestors came from Ireland. Our family stories of immigration helped me understand more about my characters in 'The Lemon Orchard.'
Sisters, some will try to persuade you that because you are not ordained to the priesthood, you have been shortchanged. They are simply wrong, and they do not understand the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The problem with climate change is that it's quite complicated for the ordinary person to understand.
Unless we understand a certain material - metal or resin and plastic - understanding the processes that turn it from ore, for example - we can never develop and define form that's appropriate.
For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death.
