Interpret Quotes

“Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to stare at them in astonishment like fools, are soon considered heretical and impious, and proclaimed as such by those whom the mob adores as the interpreters of nature and the gods. For these men know that, once ignorance is put aside, that wonderment would be taken away, which is the only means by which their authority is preserved.”
― Baruch De Spinoza, Ethics

“Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.”
― Karl Lagerfeld

“Some are condemned to remain mere “clock and smart phone watchers”, inasmuch as they are not able to read and interpret the lines of their life or don't even treasure the enchantment of daily captivating moments. If we are not prepared to give some personal time to social time, we walk like blind men through gloomy alleys of our existence. ( " Please. Just a bit of a chat " )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“When people have not learned to interpret the past, to read the present; and to imagine and empower the future, they are living a life without a punchline, clueless about the story they are embarked upon. ("Not on the shortlist" )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“We cannot control the way people interpret our ideas or thoughts, but we can control the words and tones we choose to convey them. Peace is built on understanding, and wars are built on misunderstandings. Never underestimate the power of a single word, and never recklessly throw around words. One wrong word, or misinterpreted word, can change the meaning of an entire sentence and start a war. And one right word, or one kind word, can grant you the heavens and open doors.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“As our life is our main provisional value, ‘taking the time’ to interpret our experiences is a momentous choice. Time, life and choice outline a trilogy that can solve and unite so as to vanquish the powerlessness which we might face on our path. (Could time be patient?)”
― Erik Pevernagie

“While we encounter people and intuit their thoughts, and hear their words, we construe and interpret what we perceive. In that way, perception can become enlightenment and recognition. ("The Internet rescue")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“When we interpret and transform external events into internal experiences, we can navigate our emotional odyssey, reconstruct our sense of self, and integrate the past into a coherent narrative, making sense of the present and preparing for the future. ("Camera obscura of the mind")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“If we fail to lubricate our mental clockwork with new insights and perspectives, our cognitive texture becomes obsolete, and our ability to interpret and understand the world will be compromised. ("Drunken sailor")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Don't interpret anything too much. This is time waster number 1.”
― Dee Dee Artner

“As the author, I construct an artifact out of words, but the words are meaningless until they're animated by the consciousness of the reader. The story is co-told by the author and the reader, and every story is incomplete until a reader comes along and interprets it.”
― Ken Liu, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

“Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon the critic by the book he is criticizing. Criticism can never be a science: it is, in the first place, much too personal, and in the second, it is concerned with values that science ignores. The touchstone is emotion, not reason. We judge a work of art by its effect on our sincere and vital emotion, and nothing else. All the critical twiddle-twaddle about style and form, all this pseudoscientific classifying and analysing of books in an imitation-botanical fashion, is mere impertinence and mostly dull jargon.”
― D.H. Lawrence

“One word absent from a sentence, or misinterpreted incorrectly, can change the entire meaning of a sentence. One word can change the meaning of everything. Before you believe anything about God or anybody, ask yourself how well do you trust the transmitter, translator or interpreter. And if you have never met them, then how do you know if the knowledge you acquired is even right? One hundred and twenty-five years following every major event in history, all remaining witnesses will have died. How well do you trust the man who has stored his version of a story? And how can you put that much faith into someone you don't know?”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Opportunities can become obstacles, same way obstacles can become opportunities; it all depends on how they are being interpreted by the mind of a person.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords

“What is a whore?"
Unsurprisingly, that hadn't been one of the words we had shared over the last span of days. For half a moment I considered lying, but there was no way I could manage it. "He says your mother is a person men pay money to have sex with."
Tempi turned back to the mercenary and nodded graciously. "You are very kind. I thank you.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear

“From within the mind we look out and envision, contemplating and interpreting each new challenge and the action we will take.”
― Lorii Myers, No Excuses, The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book

“Sometimes poets expect me to think far deeper than I'm willing to dig.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich

“Men and women may speak the same language, but we interpret words differently.”
― Pamela Cummins, Insights for Singles: Steps to Find Everlasting Love

“We are told that in translation there is no such thing as equivalence. Many times the translator reaches a fork in the translating road where they must make a choice in the interpretation of a word. And each time they make one of these choices, they are taken further from the truth. But what we aren’t told is that this isn’t a shortcoming of translation; it’s a shortcoming of language itself. As soon as we try to put reality into words, we limit it. Words are not reality, they are the cause of reality, and thus reality is always more. Writers aren't alchemists who transmute words into the aurous essence of the human experience. No, they are glassmakers. They create a work of art that enables us to see inside to help us understand. And if they are really good, we can see our own reflections staring back at us.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“I wonder. Of course maybe that isn't what they figure to do. Maybe they aren't going to do any such thing. But it's natural that's what they would do and I heard that word.”
― Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not

“It is easy for those who conflate religion with government to interpret any criticism of government or policy as an 'attack' on their 'faith'.”
― Christina Engela, Loderunner

“Religion folks, is open to interpretation. And how YOU interpret the message you find in your religion says a lot about YOU.”
― Christina Engela

“Search for truth, not for meaning. Meaning comes from the perspective of a person who interprets the truth.”
― J.R. Rim

“Never interpret wrong! If you couldn't understand the actual meaning of my philosophy.”
― Rashid Jorvee

“All happiness happens in the Now. Therefore, how we interpret every passing moment is one of the most crucial choices we make.”
― Joseph Rain, The Unfinished Book About Who We Are

“Human beings’ use their minds to interpret reality and sort the true from the false. A physical compromised, inherent bias, and lack of awareness can lead a person into misconstruing reality, and confusing what is true and false. A person living a deluded life of sins and poverty must reexamine their life and develop a proper and sustainable life plan.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“A radiation researcher must learn to interpret the biological effects on the mind and body.”
― Steven Magee

“To survive, you must teach the mind to interpret the signals that the sickened body sends to it.”
― Steven Magee

“At times I hate myself for being so out of control.’ If Amy doesn’t understand how her mind works she ends up beating herself up and feeling bad about it. If she understands how her mind works then we have a very different scenario and interpretation. What really happened, and how it could have been interpreted more accurately, is as follows.”
― Steve Peters

“Spoken words write upon the canvas of sound etching emotions upon my thoughts to be interpreted by my spirit and I grow.”
― Jeffrey G. Duarte