Observation Quotes

952 Observation quotes by 675 unique authors

Careful observation will confirm that virtually all spontaneous parapsychological events occur through some form of sleight of mind. It is invariably something hovering just below… — Peter J. Carroll
Cristina Eisenberg weaves her observations as a scientist and her personal experiences afield into a resonant account about the web of life that links humans… — Brenda Peterson
Photography is an art of observation - it's about creating something extraordinary out of the ordinary. You choose a frame and then wait until the… — Elliott Erwitt
The writer has three sources: imagination, observation, and experience — William Faulkner
People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and there's this childlike… — John Lasseter
Recalibration of the mind means clearing our perceptions and recovering our capacity for pure observation. — Ilchi Lee
The song is based on a lot of observation and a lot of speculation. But in sort of a pointed way its kind of about… — Mike Patton
I think the very word stalking implies that you're not supposed to like it. Otherwise, it would be called 'fluffy harmless observation time'. — Molly Harper
I thought of the analyst Winnicott's observation: 'It is a joy to be hidden but disaster not to be found'. — Susie Orbach
Vipassana meditation is an ongoing creative purification process. Observation of the moment-to-moment experience cleanses the mental layers, one after another. — Amit Ray
A letter is always better than a phone call. People write things in letters they would never say in person. They permit themselves to write… — Alice Steinbach
I want the brain to intervene between the observation and the mark. — Euan Uglow
But what is of great importance to me is observation of the movement of colors. — Robert Delaunay
Bad writing is more than a matter of (expletive deleted) syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal to tell stories… — Stephen King
Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. — Stephen Hawking
The ordinary method of education is to imprint ideas and opinions, in the strict sense of the word, prejudices, on the mind of the child,… — Arthur Schopenhauer
A man's knowledge may be said to be mature, in other words, when it has reached the most complete state of perfection to which he,… — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so. — Charles Caleb Colton
Now, after years of observation and enough courage to admit what I have observed, I try to plant peace if I do not want discord;… — Maya Angelou
Judgment can be acquired only by acute observation, by actual experience in the school of life, by ceaseless alertness to learn from others, by study… — B. C. Forbes
From all our observations we may collect with certainty, that misery is the lot of man, but cannot discover in what particular condition it will… — Samuel Johnson
No longer in a relational universe, can we study anything as separate from ourselves. Our acts of observation are part of the process that brings… — Margaret J. Wheatley
On scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two. For it is an irrational process that cannot be described… — Fred Hoyle
An intelligent observation of the facts of human existence will reveal to shallow-minded folk who sneer at the use of coincidence in the arts of… — Rafael Sabatini
You begin by letting thoughts flow and watching them. The very observation slows down the mind till it stops altogether. Once the mind is quiet,… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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