Cultivate an ever continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents.… — John Singer Sargent Copy Share Image
As, however, the port in reality lies in thirty-two degrees thirty-four minutes, according to the observations that have been made, they went… — Junipero Serra Copy Share Image
You begin by letting thoughts flow and watching them. The very observation slows down the mind till it stops altogether. Once the… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
...he who has seen the intimate beauty of nature cannot tear himself away from it again. He must become either a poet… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
There is perhaps, nothing more likely to disturb the tranquillity of nations, than their being bound to mutual contributions for any common… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“That's why I'm talking to you. You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your preconception. You… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The true method of discovery is like the flight of an aeroplane. It starts from the ground of particular observation; it makes… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Growing up, I wasn't the most vocal kid in the world. I feel like I learned through observation, and usually, when you're… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
It is worth repeating at this point the theories that Ford had come up with, on his first encounter with human beings,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I have all my life been on my guard against the information conveyed by the sense of hearing -- it being one… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
“I observed on most collected stones the imprints of innumerable plant fragments which were so different from those which are growing in… — Antoine De Jussieu Copy Share Image
“Last night I thought about all that kerosene I've used in the past ten years. And I thought about books. And for… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
However the great successes of science - Galileo's telescopic observations, Newton's law of gravity, etc - all of this great success caused… — George Coyne Copy Share Image
“The saying goes that history repeats itself; personal histories do the same. We can gather the lessons of others’ lives through observation,… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
“If I keep observing the uranium, which means a little more than keeping my eyes on the pot on my desk and… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
There's something essentially fictive about a photograph. That doesn't mean that if you understand that, and you understand how the world is… — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
From all our observations we may collect with certainty, that misery is the lot of man, but cannot discover in what particular… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The training is a set of interpersonal interactions that lead to emotional and intellectual experiences that provide a circumstance and an intrument… — Humberto Maturana Copy Share Image
A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
My impressions of the Russian Revolution can be divided into two periods. The first period was when I showed deep sympathy. My… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
With each passing year, experimental observations further undermine the claim of a large positive feedback from water. In fact, observations suggest that… — William Happer Copy Share Image
Writing is how I communicate my deepest beliefs, and what I hope are helpful observations about our dual citizenship, as children of… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Modesty and taste are questions of latitude and education; the more people know,--the more their ideas are expanded by travel, experience, and… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Therefore, the observation must be explicitly made: In the Middle East and in the Muslim world, suspicions linger concerning the objectives of… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The main reason I write the daily observations is because I want to know where I'm wrong. So lots of times if… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
From my observation, the older you get, the more you like the word cozy. That's why most of the elderly wear pants… — Holly Goldberg Sloan Copy Share Image
A paradox is a seeming contradiction, always demanding a change on the side of the observer. If we look at almost all… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
It is of great importance to note these meteors, even the small ones, as very little is yet known of them; and… — William John Wills Copy Share Image
When we turn on our observation capabilities, we become much more in the moment and much more powerful. Psychic powers have been… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
I think the secret is really observation. Well, if you observe what's going on and try to figure out how people are… — Sam Cooke Copy Share Image
Geology is part of that remarkable dynamic process of the human mind which is generally called science and to which man is… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen Copy Share Image
By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analyzing the observations that I had made, I ended up… — M. C. Escher Copy Share Image
What I most cherish is the observation of the movement of colors. Only in this have I found the laws of those… — August Macke Copy Share Image
I sought in political reporting what Galsworthy in another context had called "the significant trifle" - the bit of dialogue, the overlooked… — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two… — George Washington Copy Share Image
She drinks pints of coffee and writes little observations and ideas for stories with her best fountain pen on the linen-white pages… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“***AN OBSERVATION*** A pair of train guards. A pair of grave diggers. When it came down to it, one of them called… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Novelty is indeed necessary to preserve eagerness and alacrity; but art and nature have stores inexhaustible by human intellects, and every moment… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image