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title: "Popular Observation Sayings"
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> [In 302, the Roman emperor Diocletian commanded "there should be cheapness," declaring, "Unprincipled greed appears wherever our armies ... march. ... Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/in-302-the-roman-emperor-diocletian-commanded-there-should-be/)

[Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/)

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> [The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/the-sciences-do-not-try-to-explain-they-hardly-even-try-to-interpret/)

[John von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

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> [ I would by all means have men beware, lest Æsop's pretty fable of the fly that sate \[sic\] on the pole of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/i-would-by-all-means-have-men-beware-lest-sop-s-pretty-fable-of-the/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [“The belief that science proceeds from observation to theory is still so widely and so firmly held that my denial of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-r-popper/the-belief-that-science-proceeds-from-observation-to-theory-is-still/)

[Karl R. Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-r-popper/)

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> [The King saw them with no common satisfaction, expressing his desire in no particular to have yt Stellar fish engraven and printed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-oldenburg/the-king-saw-them-with-no-common-satisfaction-expressing-his-desire/)

[Henry Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-oldenburg/)

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> [Of Cooking. This is an art of various forms, the object of which is to give ordinary observations the appearance and character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-babbage/of-cooking-this-is-an-art-of-various-forms-the-object-of-which-is-to/)

[Charles Babbage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-babbage/)

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> [The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ortega-y-gasset/the-metaphor-is-perhaps-one-of-man-s-most-fruitful-potentialities-its-2/)

[Jose Ortega y Gasset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ortega-y-gasset/)

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> [It does seem that the sea ice is returning to 'average' after the record lows of 2007 and 2008. There has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-robert-whitehouse/it-does-seem-that-the-sea-ice-is-returning-to-average-after-the/)

[David Robert Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-robert-whitehouse/)

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> [I watch a lot of crime shows. The head investigator always said to the crime solver, "What do you say?" And inevitably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-watch-a-lot-of-crime-shows-the-head-investigator-always-said-to-the/)

[Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/)

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> [That man is formed for social life is an observation which, upon our first inquiry, presents itself immediately to our view, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-warren/that-man-is-formed-for-social-life-is-an-observation-which-upon-our/)

[Joseph Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-warren/)

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> [“Thus, by science I mean, first of all, a worldview giving primacy to reason and observation and a methodology aimed at acquiring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sokal/thus-by-science-i-mean-first-of-all-a-worldview-giving-primacy-to/)

[Alan Sokal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sokal/)

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> [“Science discovered long ago that carbon is a source of life. The ashes of my faith have prepared the ground for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-benson/science-discovered-long-ago-that-carbon-is-a-source-of-life-the-ashes/)

[Steve Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-benson/)

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> [In my first publication I might have claimed that I had come to the conclusion, as a result of serious study of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-fleming/in-my-first-publication-i-might-have-claimed-that-i-had-come-to-the/)

[Alexander Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-fleming/)

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> [In nonviolent communication, no matter what words others may use to express themselves, we simply listen for their observations, feelings, needs, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-b-rosenberg/in-nonviolent-communication-no-matter-what-words-others-may-use-to/)

[Marshall B. Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-b-rosenberg/)

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> [On scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two. For it is an irrational process that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/on-scientific-grounds-this-big-bang-assumption-is-much-less-the/)

[Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/)

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> [ All thought of something is at the same time self-consciousness \[...\] At the root of all our experiences and all our reflections,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-merleau-ponty/all-thought-of-something-is-at-the-same-time-self-consciousness-at/)

[Maurice Merleau-Ponty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-merleau-ponty/)

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> [Now, since the time of Newton there had been a debate about whether light was a wave - that is, a traveling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-m-krauss/now-since-the-time-of-newton-there-had-been-a-debate-about-whether/)

[Lawrence M. Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-m-krauss/)

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> [Astrology ... makes vague predictions that can always be adapted after the fact to fit observations, as we'll see. Astrologers don't seek…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/astrology-makes-vague-predictions-that-can-always-be-adapted-after/)

[Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/)

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> [“ Megan Meade’s Guide to the McGowan Boys Entry Two Observation #1: When there’s food in their sights, boys notice little else.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-brian/megan-meade-s-guide-to-the-mcgowan-boys-entry-two-observation-1-when/)

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

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> [Scientific method, although in its more refined forms it may seem complicated, is in essence remarkably simply. It consists in observing such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/scientific-method-although-in-its-more-refined-forms-it-may-seem/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [If those persons, who fancy themselves gifted with both the power and the right to define and punish other men's vices, would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/if-those-persons-who-fancy-themselves-gifted-with-both-the-power-and/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

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> [One cannot really know an other without intimacy. Detached, objective observations alone leave a surface upon which it is too easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deena-metzger/one-cannot-really-know-an-other-without-intimacy-detached-objective/)

[Deena Metzger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deena-metzger/)

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> [Become better listeners. Practice the art of listening in everything you do. Not just listening to yourself and your body, but listening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-yee/become-better-listeners-practice-the-art-of-listening-in-everything/)

[Rodney Yee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-yee/)

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> [In the final, the positive, state, the mind has given over the vain search after absolute notions, the origin and destination of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/in-the-final-the-positive-state-the-mind-has-given-over-the-vain/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

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> [I do not despise genius-indeed, I wish I had a basketful of it. But yet, after a great deal of experience and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/i-do-not-despise-genius-indeed-i-wish-i-had-a-basketful-of-it-but-yet/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

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> [ \[Henry Cavendish\] fixed the weight of the earth; he established the proportions of the constituents of the air; he occupied himself with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-edward-thorpe/henry-cavendish-fixed-the-weight-of-the-earth-he-established-the/)

[Thomas Edward Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-edward-thorpe/)

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> [I don't feel myself that I Know it all, but I have enough conceit to be successful. That observation was made by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/i-don-t-feel-myself-that-i-know-it-all-but-i-have-enough-conceit-to/)

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

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> [It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/it-has-been-observed-that-a-dwarf-standing-on-the-shoulders-of-a/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [Looking out of my window this lovely spring morning I see an azalea in full bloom. No, no! I do not see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-sanders-peirce/looking-out-of-my-window-this-lovely-spring-morning-i-see-an-azalea/)

[Charles Sanders Peirce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-sanders-peirce/)

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> [Carrying a small notebook with you always, in your pocket or purse, along with a reliable ballpoint pen will enable you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-wyndham/carrying-a-small-notebook-with-you-always-in-your-pocket-or-purse/)

[Lee Wyndham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-wyndham/)

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> [Kafka often describes himself as a bloodless figure: a human being who doesn't really participate in the life of his fellow human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reiner-stach/kafka-often-describes-himself-as-a-bloodless-figure-a-human-being-who/)

[Reiner Stach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reiner-stach/)

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> [When we look to presumed sources of origin for competing evolutionary explanations of the giraffe's long neck, we find either nothing at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-jay-gould/when-we-look-to-presumed-sources-of-origin-for-competing-evolutionary/)

[Stephen Jay Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-jay-gould/)

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> [The universe does not exist 'out there,' independent of us. We are inescapably involved in bringing about that which appears to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-p-wheeler-iii/the-universe-does-not-exist-out-there-independent-of-us-we-are/)

[John P. Wheeler III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-p-wheeler-iii/)

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> [Hollywood keeps before its child audiences a string of glorified young heroes, everyone of whom is an unhesitating and violent Anarchist. His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/hollywood-keeps-before-its-child-audiences-a-string-of-glorified/)

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

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> [If we range through the whole territory of nature, and endeavour to extract from each department the rich stores of knowledge and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-paxton/if-we-range-through-the-whole-territory-of-nature-and-endeavour-to/)

[Joseph Paxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-paxton/)

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> [Science works because the phenomenon being described can be relied on to remain the same. Even in quantum physics, where phenomena are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-baggini/science-works-because-the-phenomenon-being-described-can-be-relied-on/)

[Julian Baggini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-baggini/)

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> [Electric and magnetic forces. May they live for ever, and never be forgot, if only to remind us that the science of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-heaviside/electric-and-magnetic-forces-may-they-live-for-ever-and-never-be/)

[Oliver Heaviside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-heaviside/)

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> [The all-round liberally educated man, from Palaeolithic times to the time when the earth shall become a cold cinder, will always be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fairfield-osborn/the-all-round-liberally-educated-man-from-palaeolithic-times-to-the/)

[Henry Fairfield Osborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fairfield-osborn/)

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> [“Observation performed merely on its own is no more than what a machine can do—a surveillance camera, for instance. And imagination on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-raschka/observation-performed-merely-on-its-own-is-no-more-than-what-a/)

[Chris Raschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-raschka/)

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> [“Most of the low latticed windows were innocent of blinds, and to the lookers-in from outside, the inmates, gathered round the tea-table,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-grahame/most-of-the-low-latticed-windows-were-innocent-of-blinds-and-to-the/)

[Kenneth Grahame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-grahame/)

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                        "text": "The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant a mathematical construct which, with the addition of certain verbal interpretations, describes observed phenomena. The justification of such a mathematical construct is solely and precisely that it is expected to work-that is, correctly to describe phenomena from a reasonably wide area.",
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                        "text": "I would by all means have men beware, lest Æsop's pretty fable of the fly that sate [sic] on the pole of a chariot at the Olympic races and said, 'What a dust do I raise,' be verified in them. For so it is that some small observation, and that disturbed sometimes by the instrument, sometimes by the eye, sometimes by the calculation, and which may be owing to some real change in the heaven, raises new heavens and new spheres and circles.",
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                        "text": "“The belief that science proceeds from observation to theory is still so widely and so firmly held that my denial of it is often met with incredulity. I have even been suspected of being insincere- of denying what nobody in his senses would doubt. But in fact the belief that we can start with pure observation alone, without anything in the nature of a theory is absurd; as may be illustrated by the story of the man who dedicated his life to natural science, wrote down everything he could observe, and bequeathed his priceless collection of observations to the Royal Society to be used as evidence. This story should show us that though beetles may profitably be collected, observations may not. Twenty-five years ago I tried to bring home the same point to a group of physics students in Vienna by beginning a lecture with the following instructions : 'Take pencil and paper; carefully observe, and write down what you have observed!' They asked, of course, what I wanted them to observe. Clearly the instruction, 'Observe!' is absurd. (It is not even idiomatic, unless the object of the transitive verb can be taken as understood.) Observation is always selective. It needs a chosen object, a definite task, an interest, a point of view, a problem. And its description presupposes a descriptive language, with property words; it presupposes similarity and classification, which in their turn presuppose interests, points of view, and problems.”",
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                        "text": "The King saw them with no common satisfaction, expressing his desire in no particular to have yt Stellar fish engraven and printed. We wish very much, Sir, yt you could procure for us a particular description of yesd Fish, viz. whether it be common there; what is observable in it when alive; what colour it then hath; what kind of motion in the water; what use it maketh of all that curious workmanship, wch Nature hath adorn'd it with?",
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                        "text": "Of Cooking. This is an art of various forms, the object of which is to give ordinary observations the appearance and character of those of the highest degree of accuracy. One of its numerous processes is to make multitudes of observations, and out of these to select only those which agree, or very nearly agree. If a hundred observations are made, the cook must be very unhappy if he cannot pick out fifteen or twenty which will do for serving up.",
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                        "text": "The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him. All our faculties keep us within the realm of the real, of what is already there. The most we can do is to combine things or break them up. The metaphor alone furnishes an escape; between the real things, it lets emerge imaginary reefs, a crop of floating islands.",
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                        "text": "It does seem that the sea ice is returning to 'average' after the record lows of 2007 and 2008. There has been a definite recovery trend since then, so far from being a progression towards ice free summers it seems that it was a temporary dip. The recent observations do make the 2007 projections that the region would be ice free by 2013 look very unrealistic. Given what is happening only the foolish would look many years into the future and predict ice free summers now.",
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                        "text": "I watch a lot of crime shows. The head investigator always said to the crime solver, \"What do you say?\" And inevitably the other has to say something like, \"Well I'm thinking he was shot in the neck with a certain gun and he seemed to be running.\" The solver has to picture what he's seeing first, and then express his own observations. The writer does the same.",
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                        "text": "That man is formed for social life is an observation which, upon our first inquiry, presents itself immediately to our view, and our reason approves that wise and generous principle which actuated the first founders of civil government, an institution which hat its origin in the weakness of individuals, and hath for its end the strength and security of all; and so long as the means of effecting this important end are thoroughly known and religiously attended to government is one of the richest blessings to mankind, and ought to be held in the highest veneration",
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                        "text": "“Thus, by science I mean, first of all, a worldview giving primacy to reason and observation and a methodology aimed at acquiring accurate knowledge of the natural and social world. This methodology is characterized, above all else, by the critical spirit: namely, the commitment to the incessant testing of assertions through observations and/or experiments — the more stringent the tests, the better — and to revising or discarding those theories that fail the test. One corollary of the critical spirit is fallibilism: namely, the understanding that all our empirical knowledge is tentative, incomplete and open to revision in the light of new evidence or cogent new arguments (though, of course, the most well-established aspects of scientific knowledge are unlikely to be discarded entirely). . . . I stress that my use of the term 'science' is not limited to the natural sciences, but includes investigations aimed at acquiring accurate knowledge of factual matters relating to any aspect of the world by using rational empirical methods analogous to those employed in the natural sciences. (Please note the limitation to questions of fact. I intentionally exclude from my purview questions of ethics, aesthetics, ultimate purpose, and so forth.) Thus, 'science' (as I use the term) is routinely practiced not only by physicists, chemists and biologists, but also by historians, detectives, plumbers and indeed all human beings in (some aspects of) our daily lives. (Of course, the fact that we all practice science from time to time does not mean that we all practice it equally well, or that we practice it equally well in all areas of our lives.)”",
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                        "text": "“Science discovered long ago that carbon is a source of life. The ashes of my faith have prepared the ground for the planting of seeds that have produced new forms of truth, morality and meaning on my own terms, not according to the dogma laid down by religious ruffians or a vengeful God. If, as believers claim, the word \"gospel\" means good news, then the good news for me is that there is no gospel, other than what I can define for myself, by observation and conscience. As a journalist and free-thinking human being, I have come not to favor and fear religion, but to face and fight it as an impediment to civilized advancement.”",
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                        "text": "In my first publication I might have claimed that I had come to the conclusion, as a result of serious study of the literature and deep thought, that valuable antibacterial substances were made by moulds and that I set out to investigate the problem. That would have been untrue and I preferred to tell the truth that penicillin started as a chance observation. My only merit is that I did not neglect the observation and that I pursued the subject as a bacteriologist. My publication in 1929 was the starting-point of the work of others who developed penicillin especially in the chemical field.",
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                        "text": "In nonviolent communication, no matter what words others may use to express themselves, we simply listen for their observations, feelings, needs, and requests. Then we may wish to reflect back, paraphrasing what we have understood. We stay with empathy, allowing others the opportunity to fully express themselves before we turn our attention to solutions or requests for relief.",
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