Observation Quotes

952 Observation quotes by 675 unique authors

Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation. — Henry James
Expose every belief to the light of reason, discourse, facts, scientific observations; question everything, be sceptical because this is the only chance at life you… — James Randi
There is no observation more frequently made by such as employ themselves in surveying the conduct of mankind, than that marriage, though the dictate of… — Samuel Johnson
Despite the amount of suffering, pain, misery, sorrow and travail which can exist in life, the reason for existence is the same reason as one… — L. Ron Hubbard
Trimming consists of clipping off little bits here and there from those observations which differ most in excess from the mean, and in sticking them… — Charles Babbage
Thus to seek with ready-made concepts to penetrate into the inmost nature of things is to apply to the mobility of the real a method… — Henri Bergson
Reality gets created through acts of observation — Fred Alan Wolf
In film, there are two ways of including human beings. One is depicting human beings. Another is to create a film form which, in itself,… — Nathaniel Dorsky
Actors are observers. They're trying to have an understanding of human sensibility. And how do you have that accurate observation if you regard yourself as… — Hayden Christensen
Intuition is for thinking what observation is for perception. Intuition & observation are sources of knowledge. — Rudolf Steiner
Laplace considers astronomy a science of observation, because we can only observe the movements of the planets; we cannot reach them, indeed, to alter their… — Claude Bernard
Picturesque meant - he decided after careful observation of the scenerey that inspired Twoflower to use the word - that the landscape was horribly precipitous.… — Terry Pratchett
Drawing instruction is a training towards perception, exact observation and exact presentation not of the outward appearances of an object, but of its constructive elements,… — Wassily Kandinsky
Knowledge is the intellectual manipulation of carefully verified observations. — Sigmund Freud
I would teach the world that science is the best way to understand the world and that for any set of observations, there is only… — Lewis Wolpert
If you play an audiotape of a yawn to blind people, they'll yawn too. — Malcolm Gladwell
Everyone has a bad hair day; the trick is not to have one on picture day. — Mark R. Woodward
Finding a really good weblog is like finding the peanuts in a box of Cracker Jacks. They are in there, but you have to hunt… — Mark R. Woodward
Wherein we discover that many of the "rules" for good writing and good sex are the same: Keep your hand moving, lose control, and don't… — Natalie Goldberg
Trying to coach kindergarteners in soccer is like trying to herd cats. — Mark R. Woodward
I blog; therefore, I am. — Mark R. Woodward
Mystery causes a mental itch, which the brain tries to soothe with the balm of reasonable talk. — Diane Ackerman
It is the modern feminists who are the real male chauvinists, lusting for reproductive freedom (sexual irresponsibility) like playboys and demanding empowerment, that is, envying… — Peter Kreeft
The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment. — Chogyam Trungpa

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