The observer cannot be left out of the description of the observation. — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share Image
A stander-by may sometimes, perhaps, see more of the game than he that plays it. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I get quiet joy from the observation of anyone who does his job well. — William Feather Copy Share Image
“Rumour is information distilled so finely that it can filter through anything.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It is what you choose not to observe in your life that controls your life. — Lynn Andrews Copy Share Image
It's a morbid observation, but if every one on earth just stopped breathing for an hour, the greenhouse effect would no longer… — Jerry Adler Copy Share Image
The most important thing for me is the direct observation of nature in its light-filled existence. — August Macke Copy Share Image
How did I come to be an artist ? Endless curiosity, observation, research - and a great amount of joy in the thing — George Grosz Copy Share Image
I find it weird to see .99cent burgers and $4.99 for a salad, and they say why is America an obese country???… — Osvaldo M Copy Share Image
“Science and observation can only ever tell us the way that things are. They have no influence on the way that things… — Lewis N. Roe Copy Share Image
“Observing the stream of eternal and simple truth is the same for all who look upon the fountainhead of consciousness.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Good similes depend upon close observation. They depend upon brevity and wit…They have to fit in context. — James J. Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents. — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Excellence is never granted to man but as the reward of labor. It argues no small strength of mind to persevere in… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
I spent my 20s working in patient care at a large university hospital, an experience that has informed all my work and… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
I don't bill myself as an atheist but as a naturalist. Naturalism is a belief system. A lot of scientists bristle at… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
In fact, current cosmological observations indicate that the average density of matter and energy in the universe is equal, within measurement errors,… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
“[David] Maraniss sees [Barack] Obama as a man with "a moviegoer's or writer's sensibility, where he is both participating and observing himself… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
I think when you practice photography or observation, you're on high alert. You polish up your antenna and stick up your head,… — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
God created the universe out of nothing in an act which also brought time into existence. Recent discoveries, such as observations supporting… — Henry Margenau Copy Share Image
We are told that the first part of the process is to select the very smallest seeds from the smallest plants, which… — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
...they have never affirm'd any thing, concerning the Cause, till the Trial was past: whereas, to do it before, is a most… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
Scientific realism in classical (i.e. pre-quantum) physics has remained compatible with the naive realism of everyday thinking on the whole; whereas it… — Ravi Gomatam Copy Share Image
Opponents say natural selection is not a theory supported by observation or experiment; that it is not based on fact; and that… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“As the psychologist Steven Pinker puts it, “Exposure to worlds that can be seen only through the eyes of a foreigner, an… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
It is, in both cases, that a spiritual life has been imparted to nature; that the solid seeming block of matter has… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We read Charlotte Bronte not for exquisite observation of character, not for comedy, not for a philosophic view of life, but for… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
The process of tracing regularity in any complicated, and at first sight confused, set of appearances, is necessarily tentative; we begin by… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Observation, reason, and experiment make up what we call the scientific method. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
The writer has three sources: imagination, observation, and experience — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
To meditate does not mean to fight with a problem. To meditate means to observe. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Trying to coach kindergarteners in soccer is like trying to herd cats. — Mark R. Woodward Copy Share Image
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image