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> [It is not a question of observation which propels mankind forward as if toward a looking glass of great magnitude; it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gaston-bachelard/it-is-not-a-question-of-observation-which-propels-mankind-forward-as/)

[Gaston Bachelard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gaston-bachelard/)

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> [“Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/pasteboard-pies-and-paper-flowers-are-being-banished-from-the-stage/)

[George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/)

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> [From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/from-my-close-observation-of-writers-they-fall-into-two-groups-1/)

[Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/)

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> [After a lifetime of affectionate regard for dogs and many years of close observation and reflection, I have reached the conclusion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-moussaieff-masson/after-a-lifetime-of-affectionate-regard-for-dogs-and-many-years-of/)

[Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-moussaieff-masson/)

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> [“We shouldn't judge people. But there's a difference between judging and observing. And sometimes as we observe, our eyebrows become raised. Observation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/we-shouldn-t-judge-people-but-there-s-a-difference-between-judging/)

[C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/)

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> [The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bulwer-lytton-1st-baron-lytton/the-man-who-succeeds-above-his-fellows-is-the-one-who-early-in-life/)

[Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bulwer-lytton-1st-baron-lytton/)

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> [In brief, we have the new paradigm where simulation and programs have replaced theory and observation, where government largely determines the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lindzen/in-brief-we-have-the-new-paradigm-where-simulation-and-programs-have/)

[Richard Lindzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lindzen/)

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> [In the end, they pardoned me and packed me off to a home for the shell-shocked. Shortly before the end of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grosz/in-the-end-they-pardoned-me-and-packed-me-off-to-a-home-for-the-shell/)

[George Grosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grosz/)

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> [In film, there are two ways of including human beings. One is depicting human beings. Another is to create a film form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-dorsky/in-film-there-are-two-ways-of-including-human-beings-one-is-depicting/)

[Nathaniel Dorsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-dorsky/)

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> [The human experience can almost be summed up in the observation that, whereas all decisions are of the past, all decisions are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-e-boulding/the-human-experience-can-almost-be-summed-up-in-the-observation-that/)

[Kenneth E. Boulding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-e-boulding/)

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> [Science with its retorts would have put me to sleep; it was the opportunity to be ignorant that I improved. It suggested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/science-with-its-retorts-would-have-put-me-to-sleep-it-was-the/)

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

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> [The incomprehensibleness of women is an old theory, but what is that to the curious wondering observation with which wives, mothers, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/the-incomprehensibleness-of-women-is-an-old-theory-but-what-is-that/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

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> [By the respectable terms of the modern literary profession, novelists do not preach. And, in fact, there has probably not been a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-roth-pierpont/by-the-respectable-terms-of-the-modern-literary-profession-novelists/)

[Claudia Roth Pierpont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-roth-pierpont/)

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> [It is a commonplace observation that liberals believe in the perfectibility of man while conservatives believe in the endurance of original sin.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-henry-iii/it-is-a-commonplace-observation-that-liberals-believe-in-the/)

[William A. Henry III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-henry-iii/)

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> [Art that means anything in the life of a community must bear some relation to current interpretations of the mystery of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/art-that-means-anything-in-the-life-of-a-community-must-bear-some/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

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> [Passing just lately over this lake, ... and examining this water next day, I found floating therein divers earthy particles, and some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/passing-just-lately-over-this-lake-and-examining-this-water-next-day/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

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> [For my own part, I commonly attend more to nature than to man, but any affecting human event may blind our eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/for-my-own-part-i-commonly-attend-more-to-nature-than-to-man-but-any/)

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

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> [“The new day is almost here, but the old one is still dragging its heavy skirts. Just as ocean water and river…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-new-day-is-almost-here-but-the-old-one-is-still-dragging-its/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“The key to learning, to power, to having the final say in everything, is observation. By all means, be a storm inside,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/the-key-to-learning-to-power-to-having-the-final-say-in-everything-is/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

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> [I have argued that a religion or a philosophy cannot speak about facts of the world - if it does, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-naggum/i-have-argued-that-a-religion-or-a-philosophy-cannot-speak-about/)

[Erik Naggum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-naggum/)

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> [An ideologue - one who thinks ideologically - can't lose. He can't lose because his answer, his interpretation and his attitude have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-burnham/an-ideologue-one-who-thinks-ideologically-can-t-lose-he-can-t-lose/)

[James Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-burnham/)

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> [Of all the systems of morality, ancient or modern which have come under my observation, none appears to me so pure as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/of-all-the-systems-of-morality-ancient-or-modern-which-have-come/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The importance of group theory was emphasized very recently when some physicists using group theory predicted the existence of a particle that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-adler/the-importance-of-group-theory-was-emphasized-very-recently-when-some/)

[Irving Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-adler/)

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> [The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/the-result-was-that-if-it-happened-to-clear-off-after-a-cloudy/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

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> [It is sometimes said that we should never believe a scientific theory until it is verified by experiment. But a famous astronomer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joao-magueijo/it-is-sometimes-said-that-we-should-never-believe-a-scientific-theory/)

[Joao Magueijo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joao-magueijo/)

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> [I will say only that all a writer has to work with is the material he has gathered as the result of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-will-say-only-that-all-a-writer-has-to-work-with-is-the-material-he/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [The artist must scorn all judgment that is not based on an intelligent observation of character. He must beware of the literary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cezanne/the-artist-must-scorn-all-judgment-that-is-not-based-on-an/)

[Paul Cezanne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cezanne/)

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> [A theory is a good theory if it satisfies two requirements: it must accurately describe a large class of observations on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/a-theory-is-a-good-theory-if-it-satisfies-two-requirements-it-must/)

[Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/)

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> [“Observation" If I don't drive around the park, I'm pretty sure to make my mark. If I'm in bed each night by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-parker/observation-if-i-don-t-drive-around-the-park-i-m-pretty-sure-to-make/)

[Dorothy Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-parker/)

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> [It is a promise which eminently deserves our observation that all who are united to Christ and acknowledge Him to be Christ…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-calvin/it-is-a-promise-which-eminently-deserves-our-observation-that-all-who/)

[John Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-calvin/)

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> [Econometrics may be defined as the quantitative analysis of actual economic phenomena based on the concurrent development of theory and observation, related…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/econometrics-may-be-defined-as-the-quantitative-analysis-of-actual/)

[Paul Samuelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-samuelson/)

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> [A man sees only what concerns him… How much more, then, it requires different intentions of the eye and of the mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/a-man-sees-only-what-concerns-him-how-much-more-then-it-requires/)

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

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> [Judgment can be acquired only by acute observation, by actual experience in the school of life, by ceaseless alertness to learn from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes-2/judgment-can-be-acquired-only-by-acute-observation-by-actual/)

[B C Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes-2/)

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> [“There is no greater path than the act of listening, because the observer who listens can begin to see themselves as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-mcgill/there-is-no-greater-path-than-the-act-of-listening-because-the/)

[Bryant McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-mcgill/)

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> [I was so furious I was actually dizzy with it. There were so many bitchy, sarcastic observations to make, I was having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryjanice-davidson/i-was-so-furious-i-was-actually-dizzy-with-it-there-were-so-many/)

[MaryJanice Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryjanice-davidson/)

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> [“I thought, gazing at the beauty of the landscape again, it is as though the fiend has prevailed against the angels, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-holland/i-thought-gazing-at-the-beauty-of-the-landscape-again-it-is-as-though/)

[Tom Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-holland/)

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> [I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/i-just-use-my-life-story-as-a-kind-of-device-on-which-to-hang-comic/)

[Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/)

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> [Man cannot be enlightened through any organization, creed, dogma, priest or ritual, nor through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/radhanath-swami/man-cannot-be-enlightened-through-any-organization-creed-dogma-priest/)

[Radhanath Swami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/radhanath-swami/)

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> [Intellect begins with the observation of nature, proceeds to memorize and classify the facts thus observed, and by logical deduction builds up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/intellect-begins-with-the-observation-of-nature-proceeds-to-memorize/)

[Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/)

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> [All of the directors I work with have their own unique gifts. My particular segment deals with online dating. It's a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-haysbert/all-of-the-directors-i-work-with-have-their-own-unique-gifts-my/)

[Dennis Haysbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-haysbert/)

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                        "text": "Science with its retorts would have put me to sleep; it was the opportunity to be ignorant that I improved. It suggested to me that there was something to be seen if one had eyes. It made a believer of me more than before. I believed that the woods were not tenantless, but choke-full of honest spirits as good as myself any day,--not an empty chamber, in which chemistry was left to work alone, but an inhabited house,--and for a few moments I enjoyed fellowship with them.",
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