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> [My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ori-gersht/my-work-is-not-so-much-a-direct-commentary-as-it-is-an-open-ended/)

[Ori Gersht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ori-gersht/)

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> [You can't just be reactive to the things going on in your life. You have to imagine, and you have to plunder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gray/you-can-t-just-be-reactive-to-the-things-going-on-in-your-life-you/)

[David Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gray/)

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> [“You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your preconception. You see what is, where most people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/you-are-one-of-the-rare-people-who-can-separate-your-observation-from/)

[John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/)

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> [“And who am I, living in the middle of history, to tell the universe that it—or my observation of it—is temporary?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-who-am-i-living-in-the-middle-of-history-to-tell-the-universe/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated observation, that mathematics is a human invention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-williams-bridgman/it-is-the-merest-truism-evident-at-once-to-unsophisticated/)

[Percy Williams Bridgman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-williams-bridgman/)

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> [Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing observed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/where-conscious-subjectivity-is-concerned-there-is-no-distinction/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

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> [“Everywhere I go, it's me and me. Half of me living my life, the other half watching me live it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros-author/everywhere-i-go-it-s-me-and-me-half-of-me-living-my-life-the-other/)

[Sandra Cisneros (Author](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros-author/)

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> [One of the first observations to make in conversation is the state, or the character, and the education of the person to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-curchod/one-of-the-first-observations-to-make-in-conversation-is-the-state-or/)

[Suzanne Curchod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-curchod/)

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> [To behold, is not necessary to observe, and the power of comparing and combining is only to be obtained by education. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/to-behold-is-not-necessary-to-observe-and-the-power-of-comparing-and/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

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> [The issue of racism and racial prejudice. It is very, very difficult to discuss. It is difficult to discuss the issue of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-issue-of-racism-and-racial-prejudice-it-is-very-very-difficult-to/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

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> [It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/it-is-now-possible-to-quantify-people-s-levels-of-happiness-pretty/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

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> [... yet there is a difference between scientific and artistic observation. The scientist observes to turn away and generalize; the artist observes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-blair-bolles/yet-there-is-a-difference-between-scientific-and-artistic-observation/)

[Edmund Blair Bolles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-blair-bolles/)

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> [When there are conflicts of observation, when experiments cannot be replicated, scientists may then retreat to a study of the various specific…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/when-there-are-conflicts-of-observation-when-experiments-cannot-be/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

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> [Round about the accredited and orderly facts of every science there ever floats a sort of dustcloud of exceptional observations, of occurrences…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benoit-mandelbrot/round-about-the-accredited-and-orderly-facts-of-every-science-there/)

[Benoit Mandelbrot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benoit-mandelbrot/)

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> [There are at bottom but two possible religions--that which rises in the moral nature of man, and which takes shape in moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/there-are-at-bottom-but-two-possible-religions-that-which-rises-in/)

[James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/)

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> [There is a legitimate argument over whether the death penalty effectively deters violent crime, although my personal observation is that not one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dinesh-d-souza/there-is-a-legitimate-argument-over-whether-the-death-penalty/)

[Dinesh D'Souza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dinesh-d-souza/)

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> [“Primary causes are unknown to us; but are subject to simple and constant laws, which may be discovered by observation, the study…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-fourier/primary-causes-are-unknown-to-us-but-are-subject-to-simple-and/)

[Joseph Fourier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-fourier/)

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> [ “The extracellular genesis of cells in animals seemed to me, ever since the publication of the cell theory \[of Schwann\], just as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-remak/the-extracellular-genesis-of-cells-in-animals-seemed-to-me-ever-since/)

[Robert Remak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-remak/)

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> [“Having always observed that most of them who constantly took in the weekly Bills of Mortality made little other use of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-graunt/having-always-observed-that-most-of-them-who-constantly-took-in-the/)

[John Graunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-graunt/)

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> [Please remain calm: The Earth will heal itself - Climate is beyond our power to control...Earth doesn't care about governments or their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-b-laughlin/please-remain-calm-the-earth-will-heal-itself-climate-is-beyond-our/)

[Robert B. Laughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-b-laughlin/)

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> [The essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others, to put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/the-essence-of-love-and-compassion-is-understanding-the-ability-to/)

[Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/)

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> [It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-smiles/it-is-the-close-observation-of-little-things-which-is-the-secret-of-2/)

[Samuel Smiles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-smiles/)

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> [Certainly I do not wish that instead of these masters I had read baby books, written down to children, and with such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-fuller/certainly-i-do-not-wish-that-instead-of-these-masters-i-had-read-baby/)

[Margaret Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-fuller/)

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> [We continually forget that the sphere of morals is the sphere of action, that speculation in regard to morality is but observation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-addams/we-continually-forget-that-the-sphere-of-morals-is-the-sphere-of/)

[Jane Addams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-addams/)

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> [“A careful observation of ourselves would immensely simplify life, and would make many things much clearer to us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyubov-dostoyevskaya/a-careful-observation-of-ourselves-would-immensely-simplify-life-and/)

[Lyubov Dostoyevskaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyubov-dostoyevskaya/)

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> [Observation, very general and wide-spread, has shown that small children are endowed with a special psychic nature. This shows us a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/observation-very-general-and-wide-spread-has-shown-that-small/)

[Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/)

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> [Before I went to bed, I sat up till 2 a-clock in my chamber, reading of Mr. Hooke's Microscopical Observations, the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-pepys/before-i-went-to-bed-i-sat-up-till-2-a-clock-in-my-chamber-reading-of/)

[Samuel Pepys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-pepys/)

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> [It's not just about facts, information and technical know how... Gardens are about time, observation and intuition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/costa-georgiadis/it-s-not-just-about-facts-information-and-technical-know-how-gardens/)

[Costa Georgiadis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/costa-georgiadis/)

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> [Observation #8: Boys are icky. Do not even get me started on the state of the bathroom. I'm thinking of calling in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-brian/observation-8-boys-are-icky-do-not-even-get-me-started-on-the-state/)

[Kate Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-brian/)

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> [A maxim is a conclusion upon observation of matters of fact, and is merely speculative; a "principle" carries knowledge within itself, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-taylor-coleridge/a-maxim-is-a-conclusion-upon-observation-of-matters-of-fact-and-is/)

[Samuel Taylor Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-taylor-coleridge/)

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> [The future is an empty canvas or a blank sheet of paper, and if you have the courage of your own thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-h-lapham/the-future-is-an-empty-canvas-or-a-blank-sheet-of-paper-and-if-you/)

[Lewis H. Lapham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-h-lapham/)

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> [Yes, I am very lucky, but I have a little theory about this. I have noticed through experience and observation that providence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-rubinstein/yes-i-am-very-lucky-but-i-have-a-little-theory-about-this-i-have/)

[Arthur Rubinstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-rubinstein/)

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> [In the collecting of evidence upon any medical subject, there are but three sources from which we can hope to obtain it:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astley-cooper/in-the-collecting-of-evidence-upon-any-medical-subject-there-are-but/)

[Astley Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astley-cooper/)

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> [Careful observers may foretell the hour (By sure prognostics) when to dread a show'r. While rain depends, the pensive cat gives o'er…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/careful-observers-may-foretell-the-hour-by-sure-prognostics-when-to/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [ The leading idea which is present in all our \[geological\] researches, and which accompanies every fresh observation, the sound of which to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-leading-idea-which-is-present-in-all-our-geological-researches/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [You should not only have attention to everything, but a quickness of attention, so as to observe at once all the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-chesterfield/you-should-not-only-have-attention-to-everything-but-a-quickness-of/)

[Lord Chesterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-chesterfield/)

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> [An observation, strictly, is only a sensation. Nobody means that we should reject everything but sensations. But as soon as we go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-jeffreys/an-observation-strictly-is-only-a-sensation-nobody-means-that-we/)

[Harold Jeffreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-jeffreys/)

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> [It seems a shallow observation, but... the Tory Conference are not an attractive lot, are they? I mean, if all those people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-hardy/it-seems-a-shallow-observation-but-the-tory-conference-are-not-an/)

[Jeremy Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-hardy/)

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> [My observation is that the bias against female child is deeply ingrained, especially in certain parts of India and that it's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhinav-shukla/my-observation-is-that-the-bias-against-female-child-is-deeply/)

[Abhinav Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhinav-shukla/)

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> [Very often I hear talk about female literature, or femininity in literature. It's a categorization I am not sure about. Maybe there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luljeta-lleshanaku/very-often-i-hear-talk-about-female-literature-or-femininity-in/)

[Luljeta Lleshanaku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luljeta-lleshanaku/)

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                        "text": "“Having always observed that most of them who constantly took in the weekly Bills of Mortality made little other use of them than to look at the foot how the burials increased or decreased, and among the Casualties what had happened, rare and extraordinary, in the week current; so as they might take the same as a Text to talk upon in the next company, and withal in the Plague-time , how the Sickness increased or decreased, that the Rich might judge of the necessity of their removal, and Trades-men might conjecture what doings they were likely to have in their respective dealings.”",
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                        "text": "Certainly I do not wish that instead of these masters I had read baby books, written down to children, and with such ignorant dullness that they blunt the sense and corrupt the tastes of the still plastic human being. But I do wish that I had read no books at all till later - that I had lived with toys, and played in the open air. Children should not cull the fruits of reflection and observation early, but expand in the sun, and let thoughts come to them. They should not through books antedate their actual experiences.",
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                        "text": "We continually forget that the sphere of morals is the sphere of action, that speculation in regard to morality is but observation and must remain in the sphere of intellectual comment, that a situation does not really become moral until we are confronted with the question of what shall be done in a concrete case, and are obliged to act upon our theory.",
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                        "text": "“A careful observation of ourselves would immensely simplify life, and would make many things much clearer to us.”",
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                        "text": "Observation, very general and wide-spread, has shown that small children are endowed with a special psychic nature. This shows us a new way of imparting education!",
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                        "text": "Before I went to bed, I sat up till 2 a-clock in my chamber, reading of Mr. Hooke's Microscopical Observations, the most ingenious book that I ever read in my life.",
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                        "text": "It's not just about facts, information and technical know how... Gardens are about time, observation and intuition.",
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                        "text": "Observation #8: Boys are icky. Do not even get me started on the state of the bathroom. I'm thinking of calling in a haz-mat team. Seriously.",
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                        "text": "Yes, I am very lucky, but I have a little theory about this. I have noticed through experience and observation that providence, nature, God, or what I would call the power of creation seems to favor human beings who accept and love life unconditionally, and I am certainly one who does with all my heart.",
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