A journey of observation must leave as much as possible to chance. Random movement is the best plan for maximum observation. — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
Trust not my reading, nor my observations, Which with experimental seal do warrant The tenor of my book. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The skylines of Buffalo, New York, and Toronto, Ontario, some 40 miles away, can be seen from the eight observation areas of… — Joan Lingard Copy Share Image
One made the observation of the people of Asia that they were all slaves to one man, merely because they could not… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The magnet's name the observing Grecians drew. From the magnetic region where it grew. — William Gilbert 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
All genius is simple. It involves close observation and a momentous act of self trust. — Howell Raines Copy Share Image
“Men are fickle creatures, capable of kindness and compassion yet fascinated by the basest atrocities.” — Brian Rathbone Copy Share Image
From my observations, it would seem that the core message of most major religions is right, just and pure. For this reason… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
In the great debates of early-nineteenth century geology, catastrophists followed the stereotypical method of objective science-empirical literalism. They believed what they saw,… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Perhaps there is a degree of perception at which what is real and what is imagines are one: a state of clairvoyant… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
Any allegation of runaway capitalism has to be tempered by the observation that today we have the largest public sectors and the… — Johan Norberg Copy Share Image
Macaulay somewhere says, that it is extraordinary that, whereas the laws of the motions of the heavenly bodies, far removed as they… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
I've only been three years in the industry - but I would say from my observations, my personal opinions, that the world… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
Should you happen to notice that another person is extremely tall or overweight, eats too much or declines convivial drinks, has red… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
When I used to watch vaudevillian impressionists, people like Rich Little or Frank Gorshin, I always felt like the voice was the… — Frank Caliendo 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
We must express the view, based on our empirical observations, that a substantial number of journalists are ignorant, lazy, opinionated, and intellectually… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
As an engineer, I understood that the natural world operated according to fixed laws. Through my studies, I came to realize that… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
[T]ruly grand and powerful theories [...] do not and cannot rest upon single observations. Evolution is an inference from thousands of independent… — Stephen Jay Gould 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
The kind of knowledge which is supported only by observations and is not yet proved must be carefully distinguished from the truth;… — Leonhard Euler Copy Share Image
Idealism, though just in its premises, and often daring and honest in their application, is stultified by the exclusive intellectualism of its… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
“..he went to the kitchen to get a banana; after each mouthful he pulled back a fraction the four or five strips… — Jean Echenoz 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
One can hardly imagine a more healthful employment, or one more favorable to contemplation and the observation of nature. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I made a promise to keep a watch over myself, to remain master of myself, so that I might become a sure… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
I am inspired by many mediums and use them to express varied aspects of my philosophies and life observations. — Judith Anderson Copy Share Image
“[D]avid began to argue, with the whining intonations of German astonishment, [...] that everyone did it.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
The overly-verbal artist is led by his understanding of things--rather than by direct observation of things as they are. — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
“I know he’s been through hell and back, and yet somehow the observation rubs me the wrong way. “Well, you’ve looked better.” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
To study men, we must look close by; to study man, we must learn to look afar; if we are to discover… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
It is a common observation that those who dwell continually upon their expectations are apt to become oblivious to the requirements of… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership. — James Dobson Copy Share Image
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
“Any poet may find the most profound themes scattered along the path. Observation, if passionate, however, might debauch the deepest of themes.” — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
The greater part of our daily actions are the result of hidden motives which escape our observation. — Gustave Le Bon 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
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