Quotes About The Importance Of Understanding

#1. In explaining the importance of understanding our biology, Dawkins writes; Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something which no other species has ever aspired to.

Peter Singer

#2. Skill in the digital age is confused with mastery of digital tools, masking the importance of understanding materials and mastering the elements of form.

John Maeda

#3. I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

Jack Nicholson

#4. Only the one who fully understands the importance of time can enjoy it.

Sunday Adelaja

#5. The Mercy Band," which is guiding this work, endeavoring to bring humanity to a realization of the simplicity of the transition called death, and the importance of a rational understanding of what becomes of the spirits.

Carl A. Wickland

#6. The Idea of the University, Cardinal John Henry Newman's great work defining how the republic of the mind should be governed, hailed the importance of increasing the breadth of understanding, promoting excellence in scholarship, advancing student dialogue and freedom of expression and inquiry.

Andrew Roberts

#7. I've come to the conclusion that liking a person we are required to have dealings with is not of paramount importance. But respect is crucial, on both sides, as is tolerance, and a depth of understanding of those influences that sculpt a character.

Jacqueline Winspear

#8. Dennis Lewis has a deep understanding of the central importance of breathing, in both its physical and spiritual dimensions

John Welwood

#9. The ideas of Freud were popularized by people who only imperfectly understood them, who were incapable of the great effort required to grasp them in their relationship to larger truths, and who therefore assigned to them a prominence out of all proportion to their true importance.

Alfred North Whitehead

#10. None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you.

Harvey MacKay

#11. It is of immense importance for the understanding of the word of God, to read it in course, so that we may read every day a portion of the Old and a portion of the New Testament, going on where we previously left off.

George Muller

#12. I can maintain my sense of the sacredness of existence only by understanding my own limitations and losing my self-importance.

Jim Harrison

#13. Mutual understanding is of critical importance. There are those who say that 'understanding' is merely the sum total of our misunderstandings

Haruki Murakami

#14. Falling in love ... how could he have made such light of it? Sneered even. As if it was trivial for us, a frill, a whim. It was, on the contrary, heavy going. It was the central thing, the way you understood yourself.

Margaret Atwood

#15. The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof of the System. The visual aspect can't be understood without understanding the system. It isn't what it looks like but what it is that is of basic importance.

Sol LeWitt

#16. The character and mentality of the keepers may be of more importance in understanding prisons than the character and mentality of the kept.

Jessica Mitford

#17. I am disturbed when I see the majority of so-called Christians having such little understanding of the real nature of the faith they profess. Faith is a subject of such importance that we should not ignore it because of the distractions or the hectic pace of our lives.

William Wilberforce

#18. The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for.

Sam Donaldson

#19. The fact that German anti-Semitism and anticapitalism spring from the same root is of great importance for the understanding of what has happened there, but this is rarely grasped by foreign observers.

Friedrich Hayek

#20. Don't underestimate the importance of reading and understanding God's Word.

Jim George

#21. No-one who has a real understanding of the art of painting attaches any importance to what we call the subject of a picture - what is represented. To one who feels the language of pictorial form, all depends on how it is presented, nothing on what.

Roger Fry

#22. The place of the arts in the classroom is essential in encouraging invention, ambition, and an understanding of the importance and pleasures of living an examined life,

Barbara Kruger

#23. Actors are observers. They're trying to have an understanding of human sensibility. And how do you have that accurate observation if you regard yourself as someone of great importance? When you're the one constantly being observed, because they view you as a celebrity? It's all wrong.

Hayden Christensen

#24. The book's (Bible's Book of Daniel) importance lies principally in understanding of the geographic and political origination of the Antichrist and its (his) inter-relations with other nations ....

Rodney Wegermann

#25. Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of their constitutional role.

Paul Weyrich

#26. I've learned a tremendous amount over the years by watching designers work. I now have a good understanding of what sits well on the body, not to mention the importance of a great cut and quality.

Claudia Schiffer

#27. Democrats with a good understanding of the need for strong energy policy in our country, especially in these difficult economic times, recognized the importance of the Keystone XL pipeline.

John Hoeven

#28. Understanding your importance does not minimize those around you, it brings fulfillment to everyone.

E'yen A. Gardner

#29. The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.

Bertrand Russell