No one trusts a model except the man who wrote it; everyone trusts an observation, except the man who made it. — Harlow Shapley Copy Share Image
Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you go so far in your life, you can’t get back though you know it’s not really your life.” — Michael Hogan Copy Share Image
Would it not be strange if a universe without purpose accidentally created humans who are so obsessed with purpose? — John Templeton Copy Share Image
“Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof. Especially seeing England presents thee with… — W.G. Hoskins Copy Share Image
“Men are fickle creatures, capable of kindness and compassion yet fascinated by the basest atrocities.” — Brian Rathbone Copy Share Image
All genius is simple. It involves close observation and a momentous act of self trust. — Howell Raines Copy Share Image
Now, after years of observation and enough courage to admit what I have observed, I try to plant peace if I do… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
It was noted long ago that the front row of burlesque houses was occupied predominantly by bald-headed men. In fact, such a… — Harry S.N. Greene Copy Share Image
As soon as I observed myself from outside myself, I recognized and understood that I had a long-standing habit of keeping an… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I think anybody who is writing finds he puts a little bit of himself in all of the characters, at least in… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things that make up a performance, a lot of technical things. It isn't always just about pulling… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
I always tell the adults at my dance school, 'Men, you are going to have to do something that you are absolutely… — Len Goodman Copy Share Image
Why should ANYTHING go right; even observation and deduction? Why should not good logic be as misleading as bad logic? They are… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
My own observation is: lovers don't surrender to each other, they surrender to something unknown that exists between them. They surrender to… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Many concerns now make part or the whole of their dividends from by-products that formerly went to waste. How do we, as… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
The only freedom that is of enduring importance is the freedom of intelligence, that is to say, freedom of observation and of… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“The builder has ginger curly hair on top of his head, and a thick moustache. He has the look of a McDonald’s… — Craig Stone Copy Share Image
Without memories to cloud it, the mind perceives with absolute clarity. Each observation stands out in stark relief. In the beginning, when… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Magnitude may be compared to the power output in kilowatts of a [radio] broadcasting station; local intensity, on the Mercalli or similar… — Charles Francis Richter Copy Share Image
How many attractions for us have our passing fellows in the streets, both male and female, which our ethics forbid us to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Whether you are trying to understand the mating habits of the Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth, or life itself, the process is pretty much… — Gary Moreau Copy Share Image
“ Megan Meade’s Guide to the McGowan Boys Entry One Observation #1: When they’re beautiful, they know they’re beautiful. Like the second-to-oldest… — Kate Brian Copy Share Image
“You have no tail!" said Brightspot. her own whipped suddenly forward; she stared, first at it, then at Wilson."How do you manage?” — Janet Kagan Copy Share Image
The observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Snow. White, white, white, soft and clean, and maddening shapes, with the whole world in them. — Alfred Stieglitz Copy Share Image
An eye critically nice can only be formed by observing well-colored pictures with attention. — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men - the man he… — William Feather Copy Share Image
If you can't think of an observation that could disprove a theory, that theory simply isn't scientific. — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films. — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
The schizophrenic is drowning in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight. Edgar Cayce made the same observation in… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
This summer time in England has been like a dreaded one-night stand... Not very hot, extremely wet and gone before you know… — Ryan Swain Copy Share Image
Bad writing is bad not just because the language is humdrum, but the quality of the observation is so poor. — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
Let observation with extensive view, Survey mankind from China to Peru; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“It is hard to be good and easy to be evil, but the benefits of being good outweighs that of evil and… — Jackson Taviri Copy Share Image
“Sound observation, do you call it? There are not half a dozen individuals I consider capable of true observation.” — Debbie Cowens Copy Share Image
“All life is a revelation through images and observation. Discovery can be through the eyes of another.” — Noa Daniels Copy Share Image
She wrote to him fairly regularly, from a paradise of triple exclamation points and inaccurate observations. — Anonymous Copy Share Image