Interpret

Famous quotes containing the word interpret:

“The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.”
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)

“When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ And in the morning, It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 16:2,3.

“Intuition is not infallible; it only seems to be the truth. It is a message which we may interpret wrongly.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)