I’ve been part of running a label since I was a kid, so I understand how it works. But the more and more I learn about it, the less and less interested I am in it. – Conor Oberst
I started out young and idealistic, and it was all about social justice and fair distribution of resources. I didn’t understand why everybody couldn’t be equally prosperous. – John Mackey
As an adult, there are technical aspects of filmmaking you understand, like having to pick up a cup on the same line every time. – Brie Larson
‘How to Survive a Plague’ is history-telling at its best. It’s a film I’ll show my two children, now toddlers, when they are old enough to understand. It’s a movie that I cannot forget. – Ira Sachs
First, those images help us understand the general and specific magnitude of disaster caused by the tsunami. The huge outpouring of aid would not have happened without those images. – Bruce Jackson
But I do believe in the paranormal, that there are things our brains just can’t understand. – Art Bell
We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds. – Jean Rostand
I try to understand place on a deeper level than just the physical or environmental aspects. It includes cultural and intellectual forces, too. It’s an inclusive approach that brings in many disciplines and sees place as a dynamic thing. – Antoine Predock
Abortion is a right I feel must not go away, and I feel like people aren’t mobilizing so much because it’s so complicated and it’s difficult to understand. – Cynthia Nixon
Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church? – John Calvin
Here’s how I understand music. If you can play the same bunch of noise twice, it’s music. To go beyond that is supercilious and pontificating. – John Lydon
We have to be aware of our fragilities as human beings – when we see cruelty, to understand that in certain conditions, we could be cruel, too. – Ingrid Betancourt
It’s usually only the intellectual ones who understand what’s going on in what I do. – Alexander McQueen
I’m a fan myself, so when a fan does something that might be strange, I understand it. – Benicio Del Toro
I always practise penalties, but what people don’t understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you’re under. – Alan Shearer
I’m always without sleep. I’ve got two kids. I understand sleep deprivation on a profound level. – Cate Blanchett
Art really is something very difficult. It is difficult to make, and it is sometimes difficult for the viewer to understand. It is difficult to work out what is art and what is not art. – Anselm Kiefer
‘Blind Date’ was based on an Australian show called ‘Perfect Match’, which I first saw when I was on tour there. And I couldn’t understand why it wasn’t on British T.V. – Cilla Black
During the bus boycott, I was tested by fire, and I came to understand that I was not a breakable crystal figurine. – Coretta Scott King
You don’t need a science degree to understand about science. You just need to think about it. – Bill Bryson