Understand

Famous quotes containing the word understand:

“People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)

“So I begin to understand why my mother’s radar is so sensitive to criticism. She still treads the well-worn ruts of her youth, when her impression of mother was of a woman hard to please, frequently negative, and rarely satisfied with anyone—least of all herself.”
—Melinda M. Marshall (20th century)

“Praised be the good willing women who understand and take part in the fun—the body is an exacting beater, and even the heart is made of flesh.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)