The philosophical question before us is, when we make an observation of our track in the past, does the result of our… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer. — Billy West Copy Share Image
I would by all means have men beware, lest Æsop's pretty fable of the fly that sate [sic] on the pole of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Most of the people buying the Soviet paraphernalia were Americans and West Europeans. All would be sickened by the thought of wearing… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
None of the miracles with which ancient histories are filled, occurred under scientific conditions. Observation never once contradicted, teaches us that miracles… — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
Good science requires distinguishing between "felt knowledge" and knowledge arising out of testable observations. "I am sure" is a mental sensation, not… — Robert A. Burton Copy Share Image
That man is formed for social life is an observation which, upon our first inquiry, presents itself immediately to our view, and… — Joseph Warren Copy Share Image
I must add... my gratitude to you for the attention with which you have listened to me, for, from my numerous observations,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
To modern educated people, it seems obvious that matters of fact are to be ascertained by observation, not by consulting ancient authorities.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
The history of a man's soul, even the pettiest soul, is hardly less interesting and useful than the history of a whole… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
If one sentence were to sum up the mechanism driving the Great Stagnation, it is this: Recent and current innovation is more… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Art is a creation of a higher order than a copy of nature which is governed by chance.... By the elimination of… — Paul Signac Copy Share Image
My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Yes, I am very lucky, but I have a little theory about this. I have noticed through experience and observation that providence,… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
“If you've put yourself in a position where someone has to see you in order for you to be safe - to… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
When the state of observation is sustained, it changes the quality of your biological structure. The nerves are steady, the chemical system… — Vimala Thakar Copy Share Image
“There is no greater path than the act of listening, because the observer who listens can begin to see themselves as a… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Of course there is matter for remark in poems. Nobody denies that. But it must be solemnly laid on everybody in this… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
It is the modern feminists who are the real male chauvinists, lusting for reproductive freedom (sexual irresponsibility) like playboys and demanding empowerment,… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
It appears to general observation, that revolutions create genius and talents; but those events do no more than bring them forward. There… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The reason for you complaint lies, it seems to me, in the constraint which your intellect imposes upon your imagination. Here I… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
In awareness there is no becoming, there is no end to be gained. There is silent observation without choice and condemnation, from… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
