Observation Quotes

952 Observation quotes by 675 unique authors

A love of flowers would beget early rising, industry, habits of close observation, and of reading. It would incline the mind to notice natural phenomena,… — Henry Ward Beecher
Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome things are the noisy, unnatural… — Beverley Nichols
Those officers and men who were immediately under my observation, evinced the greatest gallantry, and I have no doubt that all others conducted themselves as… — Oliver Hazard Perry
In the end, color combinations come down to our personal preferences, which we must discover through observation and experiment. — Monty Don
The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
In matters of observation chance favors only the prepared mind. (not literal translation) - Dan's les champs de observation le hasard ne favorise que les… — Louis Pasteur
Natural history is a matter of observation; it is a harvest which you gather when and where you find it growing. Birds and squirrels and… — John Burroughs
When people endure a traumatic event, they are either defeated or made stronger. On Sept. 11, I told New Yorkers, 'I want you to emerge… — Rudy Giuliani
The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do… — Samuel Pepys
Either we have hope within us or we don't It is a dimension of the soul, and is not essentially dependent on some particular observation… — Vaclav Havel
If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he had such matchless… — George Santayana
Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? Observation teaches that, generally speaking,… — Andrew Carnegie
By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent… — Yukio Mishima
These observations tie in directly with the whole question of organizing. Why do we have leaders? We put some people out in the fields and… — Cesar Chavez
An artist is an explorer. He has to begin by self-discovery and by observation of his own procedure. After that he must not feel under… — Henri Matisse
General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they are like the air, which is not… — William Hazlitt
He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Thanks to the circus between my ears, I can seize upon the smallest disquieting observation and from it extrapolate a terror of cataclysmic proportions. — Dean Koontz
Observations always involve theory. — Edwin Powell Hubble
All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention. — Rudolf Arnheim
In one word, to draw the rule from experience, one must generalize; this is a necessity that imposes itself on the most circumspect observer. — Henri Poincare
Forging differs from hoaxing, inasmuch as in the later the deceit is intended to last for a time, and then be discovered, to the ridicule… — Charles Babbage
Of Cooking. This is an art of various forms, the object of which is to give ordinary observations the appearance and character of those of… — Charles Babbage
[Sherlock Holmes:] The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession. — Arthur Conan Doyle
About thirty years ago there was much talk that geologists ought only to observe and not theorise; and I well remember some one saying that… — Charles Darwin

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