I delight to come to my bearings,... not to live in this restless, nervous, bustling, trivial Nineteenth Century, but stand or sitthoughtfully… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Part of the experience of enjoying a tennis match on TV is listening to the observations of an expert commentator -- one… — Dave McPherson Copy Share Image
Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? Observation teaches… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
“For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
Whoever wishes to acquire a deep acquaintance with Nature must observe that there are analogies which connect whole branches of science in… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
Once you know that every moment and every person and every situation has something to teach you, you're a student all day.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I get quiet joy from the observation of anyone who does his job well. — William Feather Copy Share Image
Dance has been transformed from an involuntary motor discharge, a ceremonial rite, into a work of art, conscious of, intended for, observation. — Jamake Highwater Copy Share Image
Naturalists, like poets, are born and then made only by years of painstaking observation. — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
Observation is like a muscle. It grows stronger with use and atrophies without use. Exercise your observation muscle and you will become… — Joe Navarro Copy Share Image
Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing, and delicately balanced to provide exactly the… — Arno Allan Penzias Copy Share Image
“When a writer is able to experience the whole range of human emotions, from deep depressions to glorious highs, it creates a… — David Perry Copy Share Image
Paradox is the sharpest scalpel in the satchel of science. Nothing concentrates the mind as effectively, regardless of whether it pits two… — Hans Christian von Baeyer Copy Share Image
Sovereignty inheres in the right to issue money. And the American sovereignty belongs by right to the people, and their representatives in… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
The absolutist parades his good solid grounding in observation, reason, objectivity, truth and fact; the relativist sees only fetishes. — Simon Blackburn 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
There is an overwhelming mass of authentic evidence which can be cited as: direct observation, indirect observation, and supporting evidence or indication.... — Morris K. Jessup Copy Share Image
Cuvier had preceded Lamarck in specifying the kinds and degrees of variation, which his own observations and critical judgment of the reports… — Richard Owen Copy Share Image
It is just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Rationalism doesn't require "belief," only observation. The real, measurable world doesn't care what you believe. — Joe Haldeman Copy Share Image
Beware of clichés. Not just the clichés that Martin Amis is at war with. There are clichés of response as well as… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
Outward Appearances Can Be Deceiving. In Other Words, You Should Look At Something Closely Before Deciding If It Is Good Or Bad... — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
You love the accidental. A smile from a pretty girl in an interesting situation, a stolen glance, that is what you are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
