Observed Quotes

606 Observed quotes by 476 unique authors

Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth. — James MacGregor Burns
Have you ever observed a humming-bird moving about in an aerial dance among the flowers - a living prismatic gem.... it is a creature of… — William Henry Hudson
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments. This is both historically and logically true. Of course the government can help to sustain ideals… — Calvin Coolidge
However, the daily life of the slaves in the South, as observed by many travelers, was obscured for all time by the relentless promotion of… — Eustace Mullins
It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns, standing… — Charles Caleb Colton
Chance alone is at the source of every innovaton, of all creation in the biosphere. Pure chance, only chance, absolute but blind liberty is at… — Jacques Monod
First-order cybernetics is the science of observed systems; Second-order cybernetics is the science of observing systems. — Heinz von Foerster
It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their thoughts of spiritual… — John Owen
Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of 'the image… — J C Ryle
I have observed over the years that the unanticipated consequences of social action are always more important, and usually less agreeable, than the intended consequences. — Irving Kristol
Writers and filmakers, that is, people who describe the world, suffer from an occupational disease. They never experience moments in life quite spontaneously. You always… — Michael Haneke
When I began to photograph nudes, I let myself be guided by this camera, and instead of photographing what I saw, I photographed what the… — Bill Brandt
Even during the period when Rome lost much of her ancient prestige, an Indian traveler observed that trade all over the world was operated with… — Unknown Author
Every bubble consists of a trend that can be observed in the real world and a misconception relating to that trend. The two elements interact… — George Soros
Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield… — Karl Abraham
If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction. — Talcott Parsons
In A Man With a Pipe, my brother observed that although my father had been seen as intellectual and my mother more a creature of… — Madeleine Albright
Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing observed — John Searle
In the shallow parts of many Swiss lakes, where there is a depth of no more than from 5 to 15 feet of water, ancient… — Charles Lyell
It is not always the magnitude of the differences observed between species that must determine specific distinctions, but the constant preservation of those differences in… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Nothing is real unless it is observed — John Gribbin
And let us dispose of a common misconception. The complete transmutation of even one animal species into a different species has never been directly observed… — Dean H. Kenyon
Marriage is a very strange thing. It’s a very public institution, it’s meant to tell the world that two people are going to live together,… — Shashi Deshpande
Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases. The observed rapid warming gives urgency to discussions about how to slow greenhouse gas emissions. — James Hansen
There seems to be an unwritten rule on Wall Street: If you don't understand it, then put your life savings into it. Shun the enterprise… — Peter Lynch

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