Objectivity is the delusion that observations could be made without an observer. — Heinz von Foerster Copy Share Image
Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
I think there's value in experience and observations that link past to present. — Bill Kurtis Copy Share Image
Observe, and in that observation there is neither the "observer" nor the "observed" - there is only observation taking place. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
Images have been reproached for being a way of watching suffering at a distance, as if there were some other way of… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Positivism is a theory of knowledge according to which the only kind of sound knowledge available to human kind is that if… — Auguste Comte Copy Share Image
“Another might have missed the tension, but she had trained him in the Bene Gesserit Way - in the minutiae of observation.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Those writers who lie on the watch for novelty can have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Friendship hath the skill and observation of the best physician, the diligence and vigilance of the best nurse, and the tenderness and… — Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon Copy Share Image
It has been said that self-respect is the gate of heaven, and the most cursory observation shows that a degree of reserve… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the only way to learn something really well is to revert to the state of mind of a novice and reawaken… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
Thus to seek with ready-made concepts to penetrate into the inmost nature of things is to apply to the mobility of the… — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in… — Werner Heisenberg Copy Share Image
I am not a pessimist but a pejorist (as George Eliot said she was not an optimist but a meliorist); and that… — A. E. Housman 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
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
“A man receives only what he is ready to receive, whether physically or intellectually or morally, as animals conceive at certain seasons… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
...Listen to your own thoughts and feelings very carefully, be aware of your observations, and learn to value them. When you're a… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton… — Benjamin Disraeli 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 builder has ginger curly hair on top of his head, and a thick moustache. He has the look of a McDonald’s… — Craig Stone Copy Share Image
Science is the observation of things possible, whether present or past; prescience is the knowledge of things which may come to pass,… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The world is evolving, and there is an acceptance of all beliefs, in my observation. — Omar Epps Copy Share Image
How did I come to be an artist ? Endless curiosity, observation, research - and a great amount of joy in the thing — George Grosz Copy Share Image
The most important thing for me is the direct observation of nature in its light-filled existence. — August Macke Copy Share Image
Good similes depend upon close observation. They depend upon brevity and wit…They have to fit in context. — James J. Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
“Observing the stream of eternal and simple truth is the same for all who look upon the fountainhead of consciousness.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents. — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
I find it weird to see .99cent burgers and $4.99 for a salad, and they say why is America an obese country???… — Osvaldo M Copy Share Image
“Science and observation can only ever tell us the way that things are. They have no influence on the way that things… — Lewis N. Roe Copy Share Image
This isn't a particularly novel observation, but the world is full of people who think they can manipulate the lives of others… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
Be careful with ur observation of me...so that u may know My kindness shouldn't be mistaken for a sign of weakness... — Ms Kee Copy Share Image
In my experience and observation, senior appointments are rarely based entirely on merit. — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image