Observing Quotes

293 quotes by 272 authors

Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them… — Albert Bandura
Observing sea, sky and stars, I sought to indicate their plastic function through a multiplicity of crossing verticals and horizontals. Impressed by the vastness of… — Piet Mondrian
But there are roughly two sorts of informed people, aren't there? People who start off right by observing the pitfalls and mistakes and going round… — Margery Allingham
Come, live with the doors of the senses guarded, diligent and mindful, vigilant and mindful, with the ways of the mind well watched, possessed of… — Gautama Buddha
Whether we like it or not, quantification in history is here to stay for reasons which the quantifiers themselves might not actively approve. We are… — J. H. Plumb
Practice experiencing your feelings directly and completely by observing them as they move through your mind and body and then letting them go. — Marci Shimoff
I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my… — Socrates
The thing about being a songwriter, once you realize you are one, is that to provide ammo, you start to become an observer. ... You're… — Keith Richards
But, lady, as women, what wisdom may be ours if not the philosophies of the kitchen? Lupercio Leonardo spoke well when he said: 'how well… — Juana InÃ©s de la Cruz
The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft. — Lawrence Hargrave
The alchemists spent years in their laboratories, observing the fire that purified the metals. They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually… — Paulo Coelho
There was a time when I thought a great deal about the axolotls. I went to see them at the aquarium at the Jardin des… — Julio Cortazar
Between the action sequences, the pleasure lies in observing impeccably dressed Brits exchanging barbed witticisms - making it, basically, Downton Abbey with cyber crime and… — Karina Longworth
At present, I am mainly observing the physical motion of mountains, water, trees and flowers. One is everywhere reminded of similar movements in the human… — Egon Schiele
Photographs have the kind of authority over imagination to-day, which the printed word had yesterday, and the spoken word before that. They seem utterly real.… — Walter Lippmann
It is popular to believe that in order to see clearly one must believe nothing. This may work well enough if you are observing cells… — Flannery O'Connor
Once outside the magic circle the writers became their lonely selves, pondering on poems, observing their fellow men ruthlessly, putting people they knew into novels;… — Barbara Pym
It is only those who are in constant revolt that discover what is true, not the man who conforms, who follows some tradition. It is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
First-order cybernetics is the science of observed systems; Second-order cybernetics is the science of observing systems. — Heinz von Foerster
I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with… — Mary Oliver

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