Abdus Salam
Abdus Salam

From time immemorial, man has desired to comprehend the complexity of nature in terms of as few elementary concepts as possible.

Abhijit Banerjee
Abhijit Banerjee

Catastrophic health shocks do enormous damage to families both economically and otherwise, and are easy to insure, because nobody gets them on purpose. On the other hand, insurance policies that only treat certain catastrophic illnesses are hard to comprehend, especially of you are illiterate and unused to the legalistic nature of exclusions etc.

Adam Mansbach
Adam Mansbach

In theory, parents are supposed to empathize with one other - find common cause in the fervent desire to preserve and protect the world for the next generation, and connect on some deep, almost mystical level that those poor souls who have not experienced this kind of all-consuming love cannot possibly comprehend.

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned to the simple cave life, with terrific forces at our disposal, which we are clever enough to release, but whose consequences we cannot comprehend.

Algernon Sidney
Algernon Sidney

'Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force.

Amy Wax
Amy Wax

Many, indeed most, inhabitants of the Third World, don't necessarily share our ideas and beliefs; others pay lip service, but don't really comprehend them. There are exceptions of course, but most people are not exceptional.

Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins

The magical, supernatural force that is with us every second is time. We can't even comprehend it. It's such an illusion, it's such a strange thing.

Charlie Brooker
Charlie Brooker

Like bankers, top footballers are massively overpaid, but at least you comprehend what they're doing for the money.

Chesty Puller
Chesty Puller

If you want to get the most out of your men, give them a break! Don't make them work completely in the dark. If you do, they won't do a bit more than they have to. But if they comprehend, they'll work like mad.