Stephen A. Smith
Stephen A. Smith

Once upon a time, it was hard to decipher what was more difficult to stomach: the foolish, detrimental behavior of a professional athlete or the apologists disguised as their inner circle, eager to excuse the inexcusable. And then there came Allen Iverson, who didn't make it difficult at all.

Steve Vai
Steve Vai

I could never overstate the importance of a musician's need to develop his or her ear. Actually, I believe that developing a good 'inner ear' - the art of being able to decipher musical components solely through listening - is the most important element in becoming a good musician.

Thomas R. Insel
Thomas R. Insel

We have to remain humble about our understanding of the brain, because even our most powerful tools remain pretty blunt instruments for decoding the brain. In fact, we still do not know how to decipher the basic language of how the brain works.

Zoe Wanamaker
Zoe Wanamaker

I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour.

The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game

Alan Turing: You can't leave, I won't let you.
Joan Clarke: I'll miss you. That's what a normal person would say in this situation.
Alan Turing: I-I don't care what is normal!
Joan Clarke: What am I supposed to do, Alan? I will not give up my parents.
Alan Turing: You have an

opportunity here to make some actual use of your life!
Joan Clarke: [offended] And end up like you? No thanks. I'm sorry you're lonely. But Enigma will not save you. Can you decipher that, you fragile narcissist? Or would you like me to fetch your beloved Christopher to help?

Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth

Sacerdote: Because the paths to the Lord are inscrutable... Because the essence of His forgiveness lies in His word and in His mystery... Because although God sends us the message, it is our task to decipher it. Because when we open our arms, the earth takes in only a hollow and senseless shell. Far away now is the soul in its eternal glory. Because it is in pain that we find the

meaning of life and the state of grace that we lose when we are born. Because God, in His infinite wisdom, puts the solution in our hands, and because only in His physical absence is the place He occupies in our souls reaffirmed.

The Mummy
The Mummy

Dr. Bey: LOOK AT MY LIBRARY!
[sighs in frustration]
Dr. Bey: WHY do I PUT UP WITH YOU?
Evelyn: W-Well you put up with me because I can... I can read and write Ancient Egyptian, and I can... I can decipher hieroglyphics and hieratic, and, well, I am the only person within 1,000 miles who knows how to properly code and-and

catalog this library, that's why.
Dr. Bey: I put up with you because your father and mother were our finest patrons. That's why! Allah rest their souls.
[pause]
Dr. Bey: Now I don't care how you do it, I don't care how long it takes, STRAIGHTEN UP THIS MESHIVER!