Observe Quotes

781 Observe quotes by 579 unique authors

Autobiography, if there really is such a thing, is like asking a rabbit to tell us what he looks like hopping through the grasses of… — Arthur Golden
Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. — Khalil Gibran
In order to understand, observe, deduce, man must first be conscious of himself as alive. — Leo Tolstoy
You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you. — Philip Roth
Conversation: A fair for the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe… — Ambrose Bierce
I write - and read - for the sake of the story... My basic test for any story is: 'Would I want to meet these… — Ayn Rand
He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown of another's personality, marking vulnerable points. — Ayn Rand
This gave me occasion to observe, that when Men are employ'd they are best contented. For on the Days they work'd they were good-natur'd and… — Benjamin Franklin
Observe how many people evade, rationalize and drive their minds into a state of blind stupor, in dread of discovering that those they deal with-… — Ayn Rand
Have you ever seen the dawn? Not a dawn groggy with lack of sleep or hectic with mindless obligations and you about to rush off… — Vera Nazarian
Along your pathway of life you will observe that you are not the only traveler. There are others who need your help. There are feet… — Thomas S. Monson
Let us here observe, that a religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things, never has power sufficient to produce the faith necessary… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
When he at least reached the door the handle had cease to vibrate. Lowering himself suddenly to his knees he placed his head and the… — Mervyn Peake
If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times. — Mark Twain
People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and ends, but to me it's quite clear that a day merges through a… — Markus Zusak
The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Christmas might be kept as well upon one day… — Samuel Johnson
If a man were to look over the fence on one side of his garden and observe that the neighbor on his left had laid… — Quentin Crisp
He who has attained the freedom of reason to any extent cannot, for a long time, regard himself otherwise than as a wanderer on the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Apparently you don't have to observe the Rules of Etiquette when reuniting with a muderous spouse. — Jennifer Rardin
In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love. — Saint Augustine
An isolated person requires correspondence as a means of seeing his ideas as others see them, and thus guarding against the dogmatisms and extravagances of… — H P Lovecraft
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
He is, as you say, a remarkable horse, a prodigious horse, although as you very justly observe, a suspicious and untractable character. — Edgar Allan Poe
It is harrowing for me to try to teach 20-year-old students, who earnestly want to improve their writing. The best I can think to tell… — Barbara Kingsolver
When K. looked at the castle, often it seemed to him as if he were observing someone who sat quietly there in front of him… — Franz Kafka

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