Quiet observers tend to be loud thinkers.

For the longest time, neuroscientists were forced to be passive observers of brain activity.

— Gero Miesenbock

An observer situated in a nebula and moving with the nebula will observe the same properties of the universe as any other similarly situated…

— Hermann Bondi

Why chase after thoughts, which are superficial ripples of present awareness? Rather look directly into the naked, empty nature of thoughts; then there is…

— Jamgon Kongtrul

It's really a pity that there are observers who view political events like comic strips. There has to be a Zorro, there has to…

— Thomas Sankara

When you are in hard labor, remember that the length of labor is usually proportional to the number of people around. Avoid the presence…

— Michel Odent

All great expression, which on a superficial survey seems so easy as well as so simple, furnishes after a while, to the faithful observer,…

— Margaret Fuller

Precise, graceful, and generous, the poems in SuperLoop, seem to be born out of a deep, careful attention and a profound compassion. Sometimes the…

— Ada Limon

About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.

— Christina Stead

The camera has an interest in turning history into spectacle, but none in reversing the process. At best, the picture leaves a vague blur…

— Denis Donoghue

The regular division of the plane into congruent figures evoking an association in the observer with a familiar natural object is one of these…

— M. C. Escher

GOOD AS NEW was born out of the idea of writing a play where the stakes were high and the collisions were of a…

— Peter Hedges

I was sent there by the Free Congress Committee, headed by Paul Weyrich. Fred Smith and I were sent down as observers, with reporters'…

— Dixie Lee Ray

A child is an eager observer and is particularly attracted by the actions of the adults and wants to imitate them. In this regard…

— Maria Montessori

Even a casual observer can see that not one of the systems, institutions, and devices that our species has put into place on this…

— Neale Donald Walsch

I'm not asking a poem to carry a lot of rocks in its pockets. Just being an ordinary observer and liver and feeler and…

— Sharon Olds