Almost any mode of observation will be successful at last, for what is most wanted is method. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is an encouraging observation that no good measure was ever proposed which, if duly pursued, failed to prevail in the end. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The ability to make witty observations is commonly refered to as "cynism" by people who lack it. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Open up a few corpses: you will dissipate at once the darkness that observation alone could not dissipate. — Marie Francois Xavier Bichat Copy Share Image
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
The magnet's name the observing Grecians drew. From the magnetic region where it grew. — William Gilbert 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
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
Taking experimental results and observations for granted and putting the burden of proof on the theory means taking the observational ideology for… — Paul Feyerabend 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
“We forget that the sweetest joys are found in the simplest acts: hugs, laughter, quiet observation, basic movements, holding hands, pleasant music,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
It's funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different times and places, our paths cross with… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
As in the experimental sciences, truth cannot be distinguished from error as long as firm principles have not been established through the… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
When I went to the Association [ National Association for the Advancement of Colored People] I learned a few things by observation.… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
Literature especially has an interesting relationship to photography - to observation, to description, to fiction: taking something that you see and elaborating,… — Larry Sultan Copy Share Image
“To produce a valuable observation, one has first to have an idea of what to observe, a preconception of what is possible.… — François Jacob Copy Share Image
How many attractions for us have our passing fellows in the streets, both male and female, which our ethics forbid us to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Magnitude may be compared to the power output in kilowatts of a [radio] broadcasting station; local intensity, on the Mercalli or similar… — Charles Francis Richter Copy Share Image
Without memories to cloud it, the mind perceives with absolute clarity. Each observation stands out in stark relief. In the beginning, when… — Nicole Krauss 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
“Whether you are trying to understand the mating habits of the Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth, or life itself, the process is pretty much… — Gary Moreau Copy Share Image
It is possible to express the laws of thermodynamics in the form of independent principles , deduced by induction from the facts… — William John Macquorn Rankine 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
If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
It's a morbid observation, but if every one on earth just stopped breathing for an hour, the greenhouse effect would no longer… — Jerry Adler 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
“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
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
My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership. — James Dobson 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
That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image