Observation Quotes

952 Observation quotes by 675 unique authors

Now I'm writing about contemporary Los Angeles from memory. My process was to hang out, observe, research what I was writing about, and almost immediately… — Michael Connelly
The main reason I write the daily observations is because I want to know where I'm wrong. So lots of times if somebody points something… — Ray Dalio
I think there's value in experience and observations that link past to present. — Bill Kurtis
Observation and theory get on best when they are mixed together, both helping one another in the pursuit of truth. It is a good rule… — Arthur Eddington
Now the identification of individual sounds by phonetic observation is an artificial way of proceeding. — Roman Jakobson
I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and experienced… — Solomon Northup
Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree… — Thomas Jefferson
Music is important. It says things you heart can't say any other way, and in a language everyone speaks. Music crosses borders, turns smiles into… — Dan Rather
If you try to observe the precepts, that is not true observation of precepts. When you observe the precepts without trying to observe the precepts,… — Shunryu Suzuki
To modern educated people, it seems obvious that matters of fact are to be ascertained by observation, not by consulting ancient authorities. But this is… — Bertrand Russell
If novels and stories are bulletins from the progressive states of ignorance a writer passes through over the years, observations and opinions about horses are… — Jane Smiley
An actor rides in a bus or railroad train; he sees a movement and applies it to a new role. The whole garment in which… — Eleanor Robson Belmont
From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in the daily observation… — Robert James Graves
I started as - well, I wanted to be Poet Laureate. And I wanted to be a naturalist. That's how I began. I didn't have… — Jane Goodall
Psychobabble is... a set of repetitive verbal formalities that kills off the very spontaneity, candor, and understanding it pretends to promote. It's an idiom that… — Richard Rosen
Measurements, observations, descriptions can only be considered scientific when they are independently confirmed by other people. — Jose Padilha
Science is based on the possibility of objectivity, on the possibility of different people checking out for themselves the observations made by others. Without that… — Jose Padilha
You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden character or essence… — Norton Juster
Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species, was published in 1859. It is perhaps the most influential book that has ever been published, because it… — Henry Lipson
It is what you choose not to observe in your life that controls your life. — Lynn Andrews
From my observations, it would seem that the core message of most major religions is right, just and pure. For this reason I can not… — Derek R. Audette
Science starts with preconception, with the common culture, and with common sense. It moves on to observation, is marked by the discovery of paradox, and… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
I can conceive few human states more enviable than that of the man to whom, panting in the foul laboratory, or watching for his life… — Charles Kingsley
On the most usual assumption, the universe is homogeneous on the large scale, i.e. down to regions containing each an appreciable number of nebulae. The… — Hermann Bondi
"I see nobody on the road," said Alice. "I only wish I had such eyes," the King remarked in a fretful tone. "To be able… — Lewis Carroll

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