Observed Quotes

606 Observed quotes by 476 unique authors

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work. — George Bernard Shaw
The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way. — Thomas Sowell
Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed. — Barbra Streisand
From 1971 onwards, the Memorial Day holiday was officially observed on the last Monday in May and became the unofficial start of the summer, with… — Allen West
No phenomenon is a real phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon. — John Archibald Wheeler
We've observed that people who stall in their personal growth work often have counterproductive soft addictions that stand in their way of growth and having… — Judith Wright
The supernatural can be very annoying until one finds the key that transforms it into science," he observed mildly... "Come on, Ox, let's go out… — Barry Hughart
That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed. It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed. — Joseph Heller
We say Fine, even though we may be dying, and this is commonly known as taking one's courage in both hands, a phenomenon that has… — Jose Saramago
In this world,” Franny once observed, “just as you’re trying to think of yourself as memorable, there is always someone who forgets that that they… — John Irving
I believe it was Shakespeare, or possibly Howard Cosell, who first observed that marriage is very much like a birthday candle, in that 'the flames… — Dave Barry
Happiness, it has been observed, is best achieved by those who have been most unhappy heretofore. — Millard Kaufman
If someone were to ask whether communications skills or meekness is most important to a marriage, I'd answer meekness, hands down. You can be a… — John Bytheway
A tendancy to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault. — Abraham Lincoln
Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that… — William S. Burroughs
From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. You don't have to be stupid… — Amy Tan
You haven't got a letter on yours," George observed. "I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid-we know we're called… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Another person's life, observed from the outside, always has a shape and definition that one's own life lacks. — Pat Barker
After all, is it not the way we humans shape the universe, shape time itself? Do we not take the raw stuff of chaos and… — Tad Williams
There's nothing to be gained from passive observance, the simple documenting of conditions, because, at its core, it sets a bad example. Every time something… — Dave Eggers
As Rilke observed, love requires a progressive shortening of the senses: I can see you for miles; I can hear you for blocks, I can… — William H. Gass
The Universe, as has been observed before, is an unsettlingly big place, a fact which for the sake of a quiet life most people tend… — Douglas Adams
Everything in life that’s any fun, as somebody wisely observed, is either immoral, illegal or fattening. — P.G. Wodehouse
That was excellently observed’, say I, when I read a passage in an author, where his opinion agrees with mine. When we differ, there I… — Jonathan Swift
You may want to keep a commonplace book which is a notebook where you can copy parts of books you think are in code, or… — Daniel Handler

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