Observation Quotes

952 Observation quotes by 675 unique authors

My own observation is: lovers don't surrender to each other, they surrender to something unknown that exists between them. They surrender to love - call… — Rajneesh
My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory, it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of my sensibility. — Henri Matisse
The essence of a quote is the compression of a mass of thought and observation into a single saying. — John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
The whole value of science consists in the power which it confers upon us of applying to one object the knowledge acquired from like objects;… — William Stanley Jevons
Science is uncertain. Theories are subject to revision; observations are open to a variety of interpretations, and scientists quarrel amongst themselves. This is disillusioning for… — Isaac Asimov
Thus science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths; neither with the collection of observations, nor with the invention of experiments, but… — Karl Popper
In a word, I consider hospitals only as the entrance to scientific medicine; they are the first field of observation which a physician enters; but… — Claude Bernard
The air of caricature never fails to show itself in the products of reason applied relentlessly and without correction. The observation of clinical facts would… — Wilfred Trotter
From the standpoint of observation, then, we must regard it as a highly probable hypothesis that the beginnings of the mental life date from as… — Wilhelm Wundt
I wish that one would be persuaded that psychological experiments, especially those on the complex functions, are not improved [by large studies]; the statistical method… — Alfred Binet
To the scientist, nature is always and merely a 'phenomenon,' not in the sense of being defective in reality, but in the sense of being… — Robin G. Collingwood
I believe that mathematical reality lies outside us, that our function is to discover or observe it, and that the theorems which we prove, and… — G. H. Hardy
A theory is just a mathematical model to describe the observations. — Karl Popper
Difficulties arise when reported observations seem to conflict with 'facts' that the majority of scientists accept as established and immutable. Scientists tend to reject conflicting… — Ian Stevenson
In awareness there is no becoming, there is no end to be gained. There is silent observation without choice and condemnation, from which there comes… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
It is better to use this available energy for your observation, inner observation. Just watch everything - and it is good because you have nothing… — Rajneesh
It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or in any art or… — Joseph Addison
Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what… — Aristotle
I can envision observations and experiments that would disprove any evolutionary theory I know. — Stephen Jay Gould
Awareness is observation without choice, condemnation, or justification. Awareness is silent observation from which there arises understanding without the experiencer and the experienced. In this… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . . but the… — Frances Harper
Observation is like a piece of glass, which, as a mirror, must be very smooth, and must be very carefully polished, in order that it… — Justus von Liebig
The person who observes a clock, sees in it not only the pendulum swinging to and fro, and the dial-plate, and the hands moving, for… — Justus von Liebig
To find out what happens to a system when you interfere with it you have to interfere with it (not just passively observe it). — George E. P. Box
I am convinced, by repeated observation, that marbles, lime-stones, chalks, marls, clays, sand, and almost all terrestrial substances, wherever situated, are full of shells and… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

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