Observed Quotes

606 Observed quotes by 476 unique authors

After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter,… — James Boswell
It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace,… — Elihu Root
What happens with your sex energy depends on how you use it. What it can become does not depend on it alone, but on your… — Rajneesh
I will not look at another's bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed. — Gautama Buddha
Eratosthenes declares that it is no longer necessary to inquire as to the cause of the overflow of the Nile, since we know definitely that… — Unknown Author
Patterns of these UFOs appearance and behavior suggest a limited range of sizes and shapes of unidentified craft, despite the often-desperate efforts on the part… — Don Berliner
I believe the American dream is still alive and that education and entrepreneurship together are its key enablers. Through the years I have observed the… — Unknown Author
It forms a strong presumption against all supernatural and miraculous relations, that they are observed chiefly to abound among ignorant and barbarous nations; or if… — David Hume
It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that,… — L. Neil Smith
I think Samuel Johnson had it right when he observed that hope is itself a species of happiness. So if we want to be happy… — Michael Josephson
Fruit of all the kinds that the country produced were laid before him; he ate very little, but from time to time a liquor prepared… — Unknown Author
Brigham Young observed, "Man's machinery makes things alike" (JD 9:370), while God gives to seemingly like individuals pleasing differences. Secularism is no friend of righteous… — Neal A. Maxwell
Indeed, I have observed one ingredient, somewhat necessary in a manâ€™s composition towards happiness, which people of feeling would do well to acquire; a certain… — Henry Mackenzie
Everyone who has observed human behavior for more than thirty continuous seconds seems to have noticed that people are strongly, perhaps even primarily, perhaps even… — Daniel Gilbert
The indispensability of reason does not imply that individual people are always rational or are unswayed by passion and illusion. It only means that people… — Steven Pinker
A good friend, who knows whereof he speaks, has observed of trials, ‘If it’s fair, it is not a true trial!’ That is, without the… — Neal A. Maxwell
As my wise friend Didi has more than once observed about life's passages, every departure entails an arrival elsewhere, every arrival implies a departure from… — Claire Messud
I have observed that male writers tend to get asked what they think and women what they feel. In my experience, and that of a… — Eleanor Catton
The orthodox school has witnessed for centuries that nature itself has never once cured any existing disease with another dissimilar one, however intense. What must… — Samuel Hahnemann
The true Vedantic spirit does not start out with a system of preconceived ideas. It possesses absolute liberty and unrivalled courage among religions with regard… — Romain Rolland
A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architec75tural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as… — Reinhold Niebuhr
Empathy in broadest sense refers to the reactions of one individual to the observed experiences of another — Unknown Author
I suppose the pleasure of the country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidences of the determination to live. That is a truism when… — Vita Sackville-West
Creation is not taking place now, so far as can be observed. Therefore, it was accomplished sometime in the past, if at all, and thus… — Henry M. Morris
It is our task to inquire into the causes that have brought about the observed differentiation, and to investigate the sequence of events that have… — Franz Boas

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