Observation Quotes

952 Observation quotes by 675 unique authors

The source of all light is in the eye. — Alan Watts
That sounds almost practiced, James Carstairs. How many girls have you made swoon with that observation?" "There is only one girl I care to make… — Cassandra Clare
It is a promise which eminently deserves our observation that all who are united to Christ and acknowledge Him to be Christ and Mediator will… — John Calvin
I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is inprobably biased toward the consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because… — John Green
Plainly, this unwillingness to give ground even on unimportant disagreements is the symptom of some deepseated insecurity, as was my one-time fondness for making teasing… — Christopher Hitchens
I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone. — Gail Carriger
But what could I do? Be stupid for a while? I wasn't sure I knew how, even after so many years of careful observation. — Jeff Lindsay
We communicated with pithy, rather monosyllabic thoughts: viz. Run, Jump, Where? Left, Up, Duck, ect. (This latter was an observation I made on the edge… — Jonathan Stroud
You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your perception...you see what is, where most people see what they expect. — Tsitsi Dangarembga
All our knowledge hast its origins in our perceptions … In nature there is no effect without a cause … Experience never errs; it is… — Leonardo da Vinci
This isn't a particularly novel observation, but the world is full of people who think they can manipulate the lives of others merely by getting… — Groucho Marx
The history of a man's soul, even the pettiest soul, is hardly less interesting and useful than the history of a whole people; especially when… — Mikhail Lermontov
For it is a matter of daily observation that people take the greatest pleasure in that which satisfies their vanity; and vanity cannot be satisfied… — Arthur Schopenhauer
I need to write down my observations. Even the tiniest ones; they're the most important. — Tove Jansson
I love making observations. That one is a classic example. — Stephen Colbert
They (teenage boys)don’t really listen to speeches or talks. They absorb incrementally, through hours and hours of observation. — Rob Lowe
The proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the same effect in… — Idries Shah
Observations,” he says. “Four imperial Unseelie guards were the only commonality I was able to isolate endemic to both scenes.” They’d been standing, armed, at… — Karen Marie Moning
The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control. You can lose your health to illness or… — Neil Armstrong
The observations and encounters of a solitary, taciturn man are vaguer and at the same times more intense than those of a sociable man; his… — Thomas Mann
If I correctly understand the sense of this succinct observation, our poet suggests here that human life is but a series of footnotes to a… — Vladimir Nabokov
Belonging. Togetherness. These words are as complicated and confusing as the word love. It’s probably all the same thing. Or it would be if we… — David Levithan
Scientific observation then has established that education is not what the teacher gives; education is a natural process spontaneously carried out by the human individual,… — Maria Montessori
Observation: It would be awesome to fly in a superfast airplane that could chase the sunrise around the world for a while. — John Green
You love the accidental. A smile from a pretty girl in an interesting situation, a stolen glance, that is what you are hunting for, that… — Soren Kierkegaard

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