I understand

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.
- Confucius

My life has been the poem I would have writ,
But I could not both live and utter it.
- H.D. Thoreau

I’m not against half naked girls - not as often as I’d like to be.
- Benny Hill

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
- Douglas Adams

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.
- Konrad Adenauer