Famous quotes containing the word understood:
“A true proposition is a proposition belief which would never lead to such disappointment so long as the proposition is not understood otherwise than it was intended.”
—Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)
“Those that understood him smiled at one another and shook their heads; but for mine own part, it was Greek to me.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“I’ve never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It’s probably because they have forgotten their own.”
—Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)