Observer Quotes

253 quotes by 219 authors

A foreign observer is struck by our gentleness: by the orderly behaviour of the English crowds, the lack of pushing and quarrelling, the willingness to… — George Mikes
Prison opened my eyes to so many things. It was a great time. I met interesting people. I got to understand the behaviour of the… — Jonathan King
I have three stepfamilies as well as my family of origin. I've had to adjust to them and also go back and forth among them.… — Lily King
That is a secondary teacher conception - the writer as an observer. — Peter Bichsel
The dispassionate intellect, the open mind, the unprejudiced observer, exist in an exact sense only in a sort of intellectualist folk-lore; states even approaching them… — Wilfred Trotter
On the most usual assumption, the universe is homogeneous on the large scale, i.e. down to regions containing each an appreciable number of nebulae. The… — Hermann Bondi
There is in every human countenance either a history or a prophecy which must sadden, or at least soften every reflecting observer. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In the end, science as we know it has two basic types of practitioners. One is the educated man who still has a controlled sense… — Loren Eiseley
The sculptor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common observer of life and nature. — John Ruskin
The soul is the observer who interprets and makes choices in a confluence of relationships. These relationships provide the background, setting, characters, and events that… — Deepak Chopra
I made a promise to keep a watch over myself, to remain master of myself, so that I might become a sure observer. — Paul Gauguin
My aim is to escape from the medium with which I work; to leave no residue of technical mannerisms to stand between my expression and… — Andrew Wyeth
A paradox is a seeming contradiction, always demanding a change on the side of the observer. If we look at almost all things honestly we… — Richard Rohr
I learned how to direct by being in the trenches of movies. Getting to be a student from the inside looking out, and if you're… — Lake Bell
Is it possible to observe without the observer? — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The most formidable of all the ills that threaten the future of the Union arises from the presence of a black population upon its territory;… — Alexis de Tocqueville
A comic writer should of all others be the least excused for deviating from nature, since it may not be always so easy for a… — Henry Fielding
One who can see without seeming to see-- That's an observer as good as three. — William Allingham
Thinking isn't something you think about. It comes naturally. Thinking involves many things. It involves being an observer. It involves analyzing things, taking in what's… — Madonna Ciccone

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