Observed Quotes

606 Observed quotes by 476 unique authors

Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is commonly observed, that when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather; they are in haste to tell each other, what… — Samuel Johnson
Turkeys, quails, and small birds, are here to be seen; but birds are not numerous in desart forests; they draw near to the habitations of… — William Bartram
The theory, hypothesis, framework, or background knowledge held by an investigator can strongly influence what is observed. — Norwood Russell Hanson
By God and upon my conscience, said the devil, I never observed it, for my mind is occupied with so many different things that I… — Miguel de Cervantes
I do not ... reject the use of statistics in medicine, but I condemn not trying to get beyond them and believing in statistics as… — Claude Bernard
I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life. — Jules Verne
As a kid in Africa, you were so connected to nature itself because you went farming, watched the moon out at night, observed how the… — Ishmael Beah
I observed that the successful farmer worked at his job. He would do his plowing, disking, harrowing, seeding, and harvesting in the proper season and… — Nathan Eldon Tanner
A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people... — Bessie Head
Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed. — Gordon B. Hinckley
Public sentiment is not observed. The wealthy and powerful gain a ready hearing, but the plodding, suffering, unorganized complaining multitude are spurned and derided. — James B. Weaver
It has been said that the three great develpments in twentieth century science are relativity, quantum mechanics, and chaos. That strikes me the same as… — Robert L. Devaney
As my late mother famously observed, the one thing to be said for growing old is that every year there are a few more things… — Lawrence Block
A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed. — Henry David Thoreau
Nothing in Scientology is true for you unless you have observed it and it is true according to your observation — L. Ron Hubbard
Observed duties maintain our credit; but secret duties maintain our life. — John Flavel
Others, again, give us the mere carcass of another man’s thoughts, but deprived of all their life and spirit, and this is to add murder… — Charles Caleb Colton
The Bible nowhere states that people before the law observed the Sabbath as a day of rest or worship. — David K. Bernard
When we want to sink a convoy, we send out an observation plane first... Of course, to observe is not its real duty, we already… — Alan Turing
I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a… — Joyce Maynard
In 1956 we observed the electron antineutrino. — Frederick Reines
Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Whatever may be the success of my stories, I shall be resolute in preserving my incognito, having observed that a nom de plume secures all… — George Eliot

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