Made Quote by Paul Gauguin

I like to think of myself as an observer.

— Mia Wasikowska

I've always sensed for myself an obligation to bear witness to my time.

— Athol Fugard

I was constantly watching myself, my secret self, as dependent on my actions as my own personality

— Joseph Conrad

Anything I do, from movies to politics, I ensure that I observe, learn and give it my all.

— Vijayashanti

I'm very much an observer and a conduit of thoughts and ideas.

— Ian Anderson

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and captain of my soul.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

I shall look for whatever success may attend my public service; and knowing that "except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but…

— John Quincy Adams

. . . So I vowed to keep myself alive, but only if I would never use me again for just me - each…

— R. Buckminster Fuller

I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.

— Keira Knightley

Conscious of not being able to separate myself from my time, I have decided to become part of it.

— Albert Camus

Even when God seemed to have abandoned me, he was watching. Even when he seemed indifferent to my suffering, he was watching. And when…

— Yann Martel

I am an eyewitness to the ways in which people relate to themselves and to each other, and my work is a way of…

— Richard Neutra