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title: "Top Observation Proverbs"
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> [General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they are like the air,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/general-principles-are-not-the-less-true-or-important-because-from/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

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> [Do not allow yourself to suppress your thoughts. Instead, let the thoughts come before you and become a sort of observer. Start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rama-swami/do-not-allow-yourself-to-suppress-your-thoughts-instead-let-the/)

[Rama Swami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rama-swami/)

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> [“Observation had always meant more to me than interaction...My sole gift or talent, I believe now, was that places could impress themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/observation-had-always-meant-more-to-me-than-interaction-my-sole-gift/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

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> [Medical practice is not knitting and weaving and the labor of the hands, but it must be inspired with soul and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimonides/medical-practice-is-not-knitting-and-weaving-and-the-labor-of-the/)

[Maimonides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimonides/)

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> [Were Patrick Henry to return to earth and look around on the vast economic order of the day, he might revise his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/were-patrick-henry-to-return-to-earth-and-look-around-on-the-vast/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [I'm not...' Angharad began, but then she thought. Not what? Not a bad person? Perhaps. But had she never known anger? Never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/i-m-not-angharad-began-but-then-she-thought-not-what-not-a-bad-person/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

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> [The drawings don't start with 'a beautiful mark'. It has to be a mark of something out there in the world. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/the-drawings-don-t-start-with-a-beautiful-mark-it-has-to-be-a-mark-of/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

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> [Part of what we seek in Buddhism is the sense of quiet observation. We don't get so involved in a state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/part-of-what-we-seek-in-buddhism-is-the-sense-of-quiet-observation-we/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [Observation and theory get on best when they are mixed together, both helping one another in the pursuit of truth. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-eddington/observation-and-theory-get-on-best-when-they-are-mixed-together-both/)

[Arthur Eddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-eddington/)

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> [ In a very real sense, therefore, advocacy of the doctrine of continuity \[i.e evolutionism\] has always necessitated on retreat from pure empiricism… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-denton/in-a-very-real-sense-therefore-advocacy-of-the-doctrine-of-continuity/)

[Michael Denton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-denton/)

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> [I'm almost violent about that stuff - electronic manipulation of pictures. I think it's an abomination. I reject it all. I mean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-erwitt/i-m-almost-violent-about-that-stuff-electronic-manipulation-of/)

[Elliott Erwitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-erwitt/)

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> [I believe in God. In fact, I believe in a personal God who acts in and interacts with the creation. I believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-daniel-phillips/i-believe-in-god-in-fact-i-believe-in-a-personal-god-who-acts-in-and/)

William Daniel Phillips

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> [That the Hindus, absorbed in the ideal, lacked in realistic observation is evident from this. Take painting and sculpture. What do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/that-the-hindus-absorbed-in-the-ideal-lacked-in-realistic-observation/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-de-forest/to-place-a-man-in-a-multi-stage-rocket-and-project-him-into-the-2/)

[Lee De Forest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-de-forest/)

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> [A man must generally get away some hundreds or thousands of miles from home before he can be said to begin his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/a-man-must-generally-get-away-some-hundreds-or-thousands-of-miles/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [“Physical vision - one might say scientific vision - brings about a metaphysical shift in the observer's view of reality as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-holmes/physical-vision-one-might-say-scientific-vision-brings-about-a/)

[Richard Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-holmes/)

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> [We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not handed down to us for our instruction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asa-gray/we-may-take-it-to-be-the-accepted-idea-that-the-mosaic-books-were-not/)

[Asa Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asa-gray/)

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> [Subatomic particles have no meaning as isolated entities, but can only be understood as interconnections between the preparation of an experiment and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/subatomic-particles-have-no-meaning-as-isolated-entities-but-can-only/)

[Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/)

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> [An actor rides in a bus or railroad train; he sees a movement and applies it to a new role. The whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-robson-belmont/an-actor-rides-in-a-bus-or-railroad-train-he-sees-a-movement-and/)

[Eleanor Robson Belmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-robson-belmont/)

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> [The art of drawing conclusions from experiments and observations consists in evaluating probabilities and in estimating whether they are sufficiently great or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-lavoisier/the-art-of-drawing-conclusions-from-experiments-and-observations/)

[Antoine Lavoisier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-lavoisier/)

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> [Actors are observers. They're trying to have an understanding of human sensibility. And how do you have that accurate observation if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hayden-christensen/actors-are-observers-they-re-trying-to-have-an-understanding-of-human/)

[Hayden Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hayden-christensen/)

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> [It is for the most part in our skill in manners, and in the observations of time and place and of decency…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-burke/it-is-for-the-most-part-in-our-skill-in-manners-and-in-the/)

[Edmund Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-burke/)

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> [A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/a-true-critic-ought-to-dwell-upon-excellencies-rather-than/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

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> [Photography is an art of observation - it's about creating something extraordinary out of the ordinary. You choose a frame and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-erwitt/photography-is-an-art-of-observation-it-s-about-creating-something/)

[Elliott Erwitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-erwitt/)

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> [Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dewey/conflict-is-the-gadfly-of-thought-it-stirs-us-to-observation-and/)

[John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dewey/)

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> [Now I'm writing about contemporary Los Angeles from memory. My process was to hang out, observe, research what I was writing about,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/now-i-m-writing-about-contemporary-los-angeles-from-memory-my-process/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

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> [Impressionism' was the name given to a certain form of observation when Monet, not content with using his eyes to see what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/impressionism-was-the-name-given-to-a-certain-form-of-observation/)

[John Singer Sargent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-singer-sargent/)

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> [Men who have excessive faith in their theories ... make poor observations, because they choose among the results of their experiments only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/men-who-have-excessive-faith-in-their-theories-make-poor-observations/)

[Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/)

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> [If we face our unpleasant feelings with care, affection, and nonviolence, we can transform them into a kind of energy that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/if-we-face-our-unpleasant-feelings-with-care-affection-and/)

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

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> [In fact, current cosmological observations indicate that the average density of matter and energy in the universe is equal, within measurement errors,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/in-fact-current-cosmological-observations-indicate-that-the-average/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

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> [I think when you practice photography or observation, you're on high alert. You polish up your antenna and stick up your head,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-granik/i-think-when-you-practice-photography-or-observation-you-re-on-high/)

[Debra Granik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-granik/)

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> [ “\[David\] Maraniss sees \[Barack\] Obama as a man with "a moviegoer's or writer's sensibility, where he is both participating and observing himself… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/david-maraniss-sees-barack-obama-as-a-man-with-a-moviegoer-s-or/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [Excellence is never granted to man but as the reward of labor. It argues no small strength of mind to persevere in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/excellence-is-never-granted-to-man-but-as-the-reward-of-labor-it/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

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> [I spent my 20s working in patient care at a large university hospital, an experience that has informed all my work and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/i-spent-my-20s-working-in-patient-care-at-a-large-university-hospital/)

[Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/)

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> [I'm an only child, so I don't come from a big family. But it has been my observation from friends who do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayanna-pressley/i-m-an-only-child-so-i-don-t-come-from-a-big-family-but-it-has-been/)

[Ayanna Pressley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayanna-pressley/)

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> [I don't bill myself as an atheist but as a naturalist. Naturalism is a belief system. A lot of scientists bristle at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-graffin/i-don-t-bill-myself-as-an-atheist-but-as-a-naturalist-naturalism-is-a/)

[Greg Graffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-graffin/)

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> [God created the universe out of nothing in an act which also brought time into existence. Recent discoveries, such as observations supporting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-margenau/god-created-the-universe-out-of-nothing-in-an-act-which-also-brought/)

Henry Margenau

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> [We are told that the first part of the process is to select the very smallest seeds from the smallest plants, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fortune/we-are-told-that-the-first-part-of-the-process-is-to-select-the-very/)

[Robert Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fortune/)

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> [I would like to start a discussion about ending solitary confinement. I'd like to start a discussion about the removal of MO…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/i-would-like-to-start-a-discussion-about-ending-solitary-confinement/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

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> [Invention despoils observations, insinuation invalidates memory. A stewpot of bad habits, all of it - so that imaginative writers wind up, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-ozick/invention-despoils-observations-insinuation-invalidates-memory-a/)

[Cynthia Ozick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-ozick/)

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                        "text": "I'm not...' Angharad began, but then she thought. Not what? Not a bad person? Perhaps. But had she never known anger? Never held unkind thoughts? The stranger's observation was valid. No one was innocent of darkness.",
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                        "text": "Observation and theory get on best when they are mixed together, both helping one another in the pursuit of truth. It is a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in a theory until it has been confirmed by observation. I hope I shall not shock the experimental physicists too much if I add that it is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they have been confirmed by theory.",
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                        "text": "I believe in God. In fact, I believe in a personal God who acts in and interacts with the creation. I believe that the observations about the orderliness of the physical universe, and the apparently exceptional fine-tuning of the conditions of the universe for the development of life suggest that an intelligent Creator is responsible.",
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                        "text": "That the Hindus, absorbed in the ideal, lacked in realistic observation is evident from this. Take painting and sculpture. What do you see in the Hindu paintings? All sorts of grotesque and unnatural figures. What do you see in a Hindu temple? A Chaturbhanga Narayana or some such thing. But take into consideration any Italian picture or Grecian statue-what a study of nature you find in them! A gentleman for twenty years sat burning a candle in his hand, in order to paint a lady carrying a candle in her hand.",
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                        "text": "To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth—all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances.",
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                        "text": "A man must generally get away some hundreds or thousands of miles from home before he can be said to begin his travels. Why not begin his travels at home? Would he have to go far or look very closely to discover novelties? The traveler who, in this sense, pursues his travels at home, has the advantage at any rate of a long residence in the country to make his observations correct and profitable. Now the American goes to England, while the Englishman comes to America, in order to describe the country.",
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                        "text": "“Physical vision - one might say scientific vision - brings about a metaphysical shift in the observer's view of reality as a whole. The geography of the earth, or the structure of the solar system, are in an instant utterly changed, and forever. The explorer, the scientific observer, the literary reader, experience the Sublime: a moment of revelation into the idea of the unbounded, the infinite.”",
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