In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation. — Carl Linnaeus Copy Share Image
To learn by observation is traveling, people must also bring knowledge with them. — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
Let observation with observant view, Observe mankind from China to Peru. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The observer cannot be left out of the description of the observation. — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share Image
Nature is not made after such a fashion as we would have her. We piously exaggerate her wonders, as the scenery around… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is observing and asking why. Millions saw the apple fall but Newton asked why.” — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is inherent in any definition of science that statements that cannot be checked by observation are not really saying anything or… — George Gaylord Simpson Copy Share Image
“It has been said that man at ten is an animal, at twenty a lunatic, at thirty a failure, at forty a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is an overwhelming mass of authentic evidence which can be cited as: direct observation, indirect observation, and supporting evidence or indication… — Morris K. Jessup Copy Share Image
It is expected that there will be discrepancies between models and observations. However, why these arise and what one should conclude from… — Gavin Schmidt Copy Share Image
One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a… — Robert Mankoff Copy Share Image
Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Belonging. Togetherness. These words are as complicated and confusing as the word love. It’s probably all the same thing. Or it would… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Even after the observation of the frequent conjunction of objects, we have no reason to draw any inference concerning any object beyond… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill today from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying… — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
And this thesis is somewhat connected with general social and political observations, because it establishes the fact that the number of consumers… — Hjalmar Schacht Copy Share Image
Science emerges from the other progressive activities of man to the extent that new concepts arise from experiments and observations, and that… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
“By means of personal experimentation and observation, we can discover certain simple and universal truths. The mind moves the body, and the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For the little that one has reflected on the origin of our knowledge, it is easy to perceive that we can acquire… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Copy Share Image
I had never understood quite so clearly the effective power of Jane Jacob's writing - no, her clear-headed observation - as I… — Nancy Milford Copy Share Image
“Don't be fool enough to think you can know a person's character after a few moments of observation. You can't. You have… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If, years later, I do use the slit detector to observe which way the electron went, it will mean that many years… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
Laplace considers astronomy a science of observation, because we can only observe the movements of the planets; we cannot reach them, indeed,… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
One might get the impression that I recommend a new methodology which replaces induction by counterinduction and uses a multiplicity of theories,… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations-then so much the… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
A stander-by may sometimes, perhaps, see more of the game than he that plays it. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Is there an observation which is not the instrument of thought? — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Everyone has a bad hair day; the trick is not to have one on picture day. — Mark R. Woodward Copy Share Image
Objectivity is the delusion that observations could be made without an observer. — Heinz von Foerster Copy Share Image
