I always made up my own acts; built them out of my knowledge and observation of real life. I'd had wonderful opportunities… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
My observation is that my dealings with the president on some of the most important issues that the president Donald Trump has… — Mike Pompeo Copy Share Image
“A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world." [ Speech upon being awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Natural phenomena undisturbed by man point the way to the realization of a new technique. One needs a keen sense of observation.… — Viktor Schauberger Copy Share Image
“When we see, we do so many things: we experience what is happening in a direct way; we discover something we never… — Donis A. Dondis Copy Share Image
The first, or theoretic branch, that which explains the nature, production, and distribution of wealth, will be found to rest on a… — Nassau William Senior Copy Share Image
From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in… — Robert James Graves Copy Share Image
Of the modern critics, although I disagree with almost everything she says, I admire Mary McCarthy's eloquence and social observation in 'Sights… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
As the great naturalist Charles Darwin saw clearly, individual and collective interests often coincide, as in the invisible hand narrative. But he… — Bob Frank Copy Share Image
The physicist, in his study of natural phenomena, has two methods of making progress: (1) the method of experiment and observation, and… — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
I started off believing all men were equal. I now know that's the most unlikely thing ever to have been, because millions… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
The left hemisphere acts as an "interpreter," watching the actions and behaviors of the body and assigning a coherent narrative to these… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
The ordinary method of education is to imprint ideas and opinions, in the strict sense of the word, prejudices, on the mind… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I know not whether it would be too bold an assertion to say that candor makes capacity… But in order to try… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
It is indeed a matter of great difficulty to discover, and effectually to distinguish, the true motions of particular bodies from the… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
The idea of getting old and dying, falling apart, does not sound fun at all to me, but it's an observation that… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
I don't know whether I could visit a new neighborhood now and have a kid's set of observations about a place. I… — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
It is my observation that all human hearts are the same and that their ultimate desire is also the same. This soul… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
At present, the novels which we owe to English ladies form no small part of the literary glory of our country. No… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Expose every belief to the light of reason, discourse, facts, scientific observations; question everything, be sceptical because this is the only chance… — James Randi Copy Share Image
The kingdom of man over nature, which cometh not with observation,--a dominion such as now is beyond his dream of God,--he shall… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Observation over many years has taught us that the chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Exercising the right of occasional suppression and slight modification, it is truly absurd to see how plastic a limited number of observations… — Francis Galton Copy Share Image
Because God is perfect, his handiwork functions in accord with immutable principles. By the full use of our God-given powers of reason… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
[W]hen the empirical investigator glories in his refusal to go beyond the specialized observation dictated by the traditions of his discipline, be… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
I've spent more time than many will believe [making microscopic observations], but I've done them with joy, and I've taken no notice… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
Observation made in the cloister or in the desert will generally be as obscure as the one and as barren as the… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
We are today beginning to see work by very reputable scientists that says the universe is created by our observations. It is… — Bruce H. Lipton Copy Share Image
The person who observes a clock, sees in it not only the pendulum swinging to and fro, and the dial-plate, and the… — Justus von Liebig Copy Share Image
We 'rid ourselves of conceptual thought' when, by persistent observation, we recognize the unreality of our self-centered thoughts. Then we can remain… — Joko Beck Copy Share Image
Until relatively recently, law enforcement's ability to determine an individual's location and track their movements was largely limited to natural human powers… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
The notion that faith in Christ is to be rewarded by an eternity of bliss, while a dependence upon reason, observation, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I just felt from personal observation that there is nothing more dislocated or alienated than a lifelong military person trying to cope… — Lee Child Copy Share Image
When your life is not in balance and you're struggling to achieve stability, practicing observation without judgment gets really interesting, and very… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
None of the miracles with which ancient histories are filled, occurred under scientific conditions. Observation never once contradicted, teaches us that miracles… — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
In the printed page the only real things are the paper and the ink; the white spaces play the same part in… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I am not very skeptical... a good deal of skepticism in a scientific man is advisable to avoid much loss of time,… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Turning an experience about to observe it, results in a lessening of the experience directly proportional to the amount of observation. To… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
We have not known a single great scientist who could not discourse freely and interestingly with a child. Can it be that… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
No longer in a relational universe, can we study anything as separate from ourselves. Our acts of observation are part of the… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
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