Everyone, he went on, speaks a language he does not understand, but which now and then is understood by others. That is enough to permit one to exist and at least to be misunderstood.
It's extraordinary how little two people can understand each other and how cruel two people who are fond of each other can be to each other - there is practically no cruelty so awful because their power to hurt is so great.
There's an ocean of misunderstanding. It's called the civilian-military divide. I had a lot to learn about our military - who they are, what burdens they carry.
A man used to riding in a car cannot understand a pedestrian.
As men, we can never fully understand the experience women go through.
One never discusses anything with anybody who can understand one discusses things with people who cannot understand.
Knowledge and Experience do not necessarily speak the same language.
My worst personal problem is that my computer doesn't understand me.
He began to realize that you cannot even fight happily with creatures that stand upon a different mental basis to yourself.
It is in vain that a man of sound mind and cool temper understands the condition of such a wretched being... He can no more communicate his own wisdom to him than a healthy man can instil his strength into the invalid by whose bedside he is seated.
My dad worked in the IT industry, although I haven't got a clue what he did. He always tells me but it just goes over my head.
There are words that exist in one language and not in another language. It creates barriers that keep us from understanding each other. I'm often frustrated using words to talk to people.
Back when I was in school, few people understood dyslexia and what to do for it. My teachers thought I was lazy and not very clever, and I got bored easily... thinking of all the things I could do once I left school. I couldn't always follow what was going on.
Briony began to understand the chasm that lay between an idea and its execution.
