--- title: "Popular Observation Lines" description: "Browse 1,645 Observation quotes by 1,159 authors. Discover the best Observation sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/emily-giffin-938_chairs_then-he-continues-his-rant-saying-and-ev_2957083.png" --- > [Then he continues his rant,saying, "And even if I didn't know them, I know their type." 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It would incline the mind to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/a-love-of-flowers-would-beget-early-rising-industry-habits-of-close/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/henry-ward-beecher-175_ardent_a-love-of-flowers-would-beget-early-risi_2991281.png) ## Top authors on Observation - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/observation/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-claude-bernard-24429.jpg) Claude Bernard 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/observation/claude-bernard/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-cliff-asness-24577.jpg) Jackson Taviri 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/observation/jackson-taviri/) - [Samuel Johnson 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/observation/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-louis-pasteur-61431.jpg) Louis Pasteur 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/observation/louis-pasteur/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-francis-bacon-35434.jpg) Francis Bacon 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/observation/francis-bacon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jiddu-krishnamurti-49572.jpg) Jiddu Krishnamurti 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/observation/jiddu-krishnamurti/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-bryant-mcgill-108.jpg) Bryant McGill 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/observation/bryant-mcgill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-jay-gould-87041.jpg) Stephen Jay Gould 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/observation/stephen-jay-gould/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-galileo-galilei-36797.jpg) Galileo Galilei 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/observation/galileo-galilei/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-florence-nightingale-35182.jpg) Florence Nightingale 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/observation/florence-nightingale/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/observation/thomas-jefferson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/observation/#itemlist", "name": "Observation Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Then he continues his rant,saying, \"And even if I didn't know them, I know their type.\" \"And what type is that?\" she asks,leaning foward in her chair,yearning for confirmation that he gets it,that they are like-minded in their observations of others and the circumspect way they view the world. \"Oh,let's see,\" he says,rubbing his jaw. \"Superficial.Artificial.Sheep. 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