Verstehen Quotes

I was sorry he had not a cat, or a young dog, or better still, an old dog. But all he had to offer in the way of dumb companions was a pink and grey parrot. He used to try and teach it to say, Nihil in intellectu, etc. These first three words the bird managed well enough, but the celebrated restriction was too much for it, all you heard was a series of squawks. ~ Samuel Beckett

Wir sind gewohnt dass die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen. (Goethe) - We are used to see that Man mocks what he never comprehends. ~ Arthur Conan Doyle