If the Commission is to enquire into the conditions "to be observed," it is to be presumed that they will give the… — Isambard Kingdom Brunel Copy Share Image
All thought of something is at the same time self-consciousness [...] At the root of all our experiences and all our reflections,… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
I can envision observations and experiments that would disprove any evolutionary theory I know. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
There's more to life than making shallow, fairly obvious observations. — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
The foundations of population genetics were laid chiefly by mathematical deduction from basic premises contained in the works of Mendel and Morgan… — Theodosius Dobzhansky Copy Share Image
Some scientists find, or so it seems, that they get their best ideas when smoking; others by drinking coffee or whisky. Thus… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision. — Bruce Barton Copy Share Image
The observations and encounters of a solitary, taciturn man are vaguer and at the same times more intense than those of a… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone. — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
When you're drawing from observation and experience, whether you intend to or not, you'll create a more relatable cartoon. — Alex Hirsch Copy Share Image
You begin by letting thoughts flow and watching them. The very observation slows down the mind till it stops altogether. Once the… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
... yet there is a difference between scientific and artistic observation. The scientist observes to turn away and generalize; the artist observes… — Edmund Blair Bolles Copy Share Image
To consider the matter aright, reason is nothing but a wonderful and unintelligible instinct in our souls, which carries us along a… — David Hume Copy Share Image
It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or in… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
In 302, the Roman emperor Diocletian commanded "there should be cheapness," declaring, "Unprincipled greed appears wherever our armies ... march. ... Our… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Long before I ever saw the desert I was aware of the mystical overtones which the observation of nature made audible to… — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
Something about photography is tied to a very specific relationship with the material world. It doesn't have to be, but the way… — Zoe Leonard Copy Share Image
Those who cannot themselves observe can at least acquire the observation of others. — Benjamin Disraeli 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 most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my… — Peter Wright Copy Share Image
We have three approaches at our disposal: the observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation serves to assemble the data, reflection to… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
I think when you practice photography or observation, you're on high alert. You polish up your antenna and stick up your head,… — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
A stander-by may sometimes, perhaps, see more of the game than he that plays it. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I remain an active volunteer in the field of at-risk youth, so I'm pretty familiar with the landscape as it stands now,… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image