Observer Quotes

253 quotes by 219 authors

If no one remembers a misdeed or names it publically, it remains invisible. To the observer, its victim is not a victim and its perpetrator… — Miroslav Volf
About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal. — Christina Stead
A picture lives by companionship, expanding and quickening in the eyes of the sensitive observer — Mark Rothko
Where the observer is at first a real goodness realized, later it is a sophisticated power holder. The observer is given power and control that… — John de Ruiter
...though every thinking being longs for God, the First Cause, it is powerless... to grasp Him. Tired with the yearning it chafes at the bit… — Gregory of Nazianzus
The universe and the observer exist as a pair. I cannot imagine a consistent theory of the universe that ignores consciousness. — Andrei Linde
You've got to be an observer. And you've got to take time to listen to people, talk, to watch what they do. — Jonathan Winters
I'm never bored, never ever bored. If I've got a day off I'll sit in a cafe and watch and observe. I'm a great observer. — David Suchet
Without an observer at a twenty three degree angle to the light being reflected off a cloud of spherical droplets, there is no rainbow. The… — Kim Stanley
Rationalism belongs to the cool observer. But because of the stupidity of the average person, they follow not reason, but faith. This naÃ¯ve faith, requires… — Reinhold Niebuhr
A French observer is surprised to hear how often an English or an American lawyer quotes the opinions of others, and how little he alludes… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Dear young people, please, donâ€™t be observers of life, but get involved. Jesus did not remain an observer, but he immersed himself. Donâ€™t be observers,… — Pope Francis
Quantum physics tells us that nothing that is observed is unaffected by the observer. That statement, from science, holds an enormous and powerful insight. It… — Neale Donald Walsch
I really like the Observer. I think I'd love to have a column with a broad reach that would enable me to do some proper… — Toby Young
In Einstein's theory of relativity the observer is a man who sets out in quest of truth armed with a measuring-rod. In quantum theory he… — Arthur Eddington
Perception without the perceiver in meditation is to commune with the height and depth of the immense. This perception is entirely different from seeing an… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
PERORATION, n. The explosion of an oratorical rocket. It dazzles, but to an observer having the wrong kind of nose its most conspicuous peculiarity is… — Ambrose Bierce
The bird Gamayun was related to Alkonost and Sirin in some vague fashion-even the most casual observer would've noticed that all three of them were… — Ekaterina Sedia
To be a good bodybuilder you must be a good observer. — Serge Nubret
Social situations, for me - it's very natural for me to be an observer. That's where I'm most comfortable. I observe things. — Ray LaMontagne

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