Observation Quotes

952 Observation quotes by 675 unique authors

Observations of the sickening effect of programmed environments show that people in them become indolent, impotent, narcissistic and apolitical. The political process breaks down, because… — Ivan Illich
I had never understood quite so clearly the effective power of Jane Jacob's writing - no, her clear-headed observation - as I did reading “What… — Nancy Milford
People of great ability do not emerge, as a rule, from the happiest background. So far as my own observation goes, I would conclude that… — C. Northcote Parkinson
Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labor; and of looking… — Bill Mollison
As man reaches out toward the twenty-first century, he will learn to be suspicious of all ideas that are not formulated so that they can… — Jacque Fresco
It is man's pretence that because he has choice he is free. Freedom is pure observation without direction, without fear of punishment and reward. Freedom… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
We live in an extraordinary time. We are caught up in a pace of social and technological change that makes our work, our business and… — Fernando Flores
What you consent to can only be discovered by an uncritical observation of your reactions to life. Your reactions reveal where you live psychologically; and… — Neville Goddard
There are three basic problems: how a mind can know the world of nature, how it is possible for one mind to know another, and… — Donald Davidson
So far as love or affection is concerned, psychologists have failed in their mission. The little we know about love does not transcend simple observation,… — Unknown Author
The observation that species are amazingly conservative and static entities throughout long periods of time has all the qualities of the emperor's new clothes: everyone… — Niles Eldredge
The stories I write are often literal to events that have happened or observations that I've made, and sometimes they're fantastical. — Mark Mothersbaugh
It is one of the many merits of this admirable biography of Proust's mother that it invites one to return to the novel with perhaps… — Allan Massie
Truth in science is always determined from observational facts. — David Douglass
One finds the truth by making a hypothesis and comparing observations with the hypothesis. — David Douglass
Ruskin believed that everyone had visual as well as verbal capacities that needed to be developed in order to become a complete human being, and… — Robert Hewison
By analyzing data from Greenwich Observatory in the period 1836-1953, John A. Eddy [Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and High Altitude Observatory in Boulder] and Aram… — Jonathan Sarfati
It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated observation, that mathematics is a human invention. — Percy Williams Bridgman
The kind of knowledge which is supported only by observations and is not yet proved must be carefully distinguished from the truth; it is gained… — Leonhard Euler
I started off believing all men were equal. I now know that's the most unlikely thing ever to have been, because millions of years have… — Lee Kuan Yew
I started off believing all men were equal. I now know that's the most unlikely thing ever to have been. . .by observation, reading, watching,… — Lee Kuan Yew
I confidently affirm that the greater part of those who are supposed to have died of gout, have died of the medicine rather than the… — Thomas Sydenham
He who thinks all mankind is vile is a pessimist who mistakes his introspection for observation; he looks into his own heart and thinks he… — William George Jordan
And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a will of its… — Sydney J. Harris
Man cannot be enlightened through any organization, creed, dogma, priest or ritual, nor through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it… — Radhanath Swami

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