Lakhdar Brahimi - Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.

Ben Bernanke - If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression.

Albert Einstein - Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

W. C. Fields - If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

GEORGE FORDYCE - Who can describe the transports of a beam truly parental on beholding a daughter shoot up like some fair and modest flower, and acquire, day after day, fresh beauty and growing sweetn

I read Plato's 'Republic.' I read it through about five times until I could actually understand it. - Huey Newton

Robert Evans - When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety.

Albert Einstein - Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Confucius - The Master said, A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.

F. Murray Abraham - I cannot imagine not working. I don't understand the word 'retirement.

Oswald Chambers - Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.

Channing Frye - To the fans of Cleveland: I want to say thank you, number one. You all understand that it's deeper than just a game.

Khadija Rupa - And they can’t understand, what hurts more—missing the other person, or pretending not to.

Audrey Niffenegger - When I was young I didn’t understand, but now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird.

Gemma Troy - I miss you in ways that not even words can understand.

D.S. Mixell - Although I understand that all days are equal with 24 hours each, most of us agree that Friday is the longest day of the week and Sunday the shortest.