Quotes About Noticing

As usual, cats and children noticed him first.

took immediate note of her glasses—plastic-framed and turquoise in color.

The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note them down in the shorthand of his sketchbook.

To see someone who does not see is the best way to be intensely aware of what he does not see.

People see, but they don't look.

What attracted men? Good looks? Certainly if a girl was pretty then she tended to get the attention of men; that was beyond any doubt at all. But it was not just prettiness that mattered, because there were many girls who did not look anything special but who seemed to find no difficulty in making men notice them. These girls dressed in a very careful way; they knew which colours appealed to men (red, and other bright colours; men were like cattle in that respect) [...]

That whisper you keep hearing is the universe trying to get your attention.

It's amazing how large the things are that it's possible to overlook.

I have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom had told me--that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.

there is always more to be learned and noticed, so many characters, so many changes of scene, so many words...

I see you're looking at my cuff buttons. I hadn't been looking at them, but I did now.

Parker had an extra sense that told him when there was a woman nearby watching him.

i do not pretend to be wise , but i am observing . . and i see a great deal more than you think

We tend not to notice what is not there when often absence is the more vital thing.

One just has to be observant, because when we deal with the every day we usually see, but we fail to notice.

Because consciousness is awareness, awareness is paying attention, and paying attention is being present and noticing, this consciousness would be aware of when I was present and when I wasn't. I would have to be totally present when I interacted with this mind; my presence would have to match its presence, my will would have to match its will, and my mind would have to match its mind.

Our attention brings everything to life and makes real what was previously unnoticed or unreal.

Dr. Watson, "You see, but you do not observe.

Not ill. Eternally tired. He has worked very hard all his life, and noticed nothing. Those are the people who collapse when they do notice a thing.

Most people do not pay attention to the publisher's imprint on a given book.

You know, this league is all about adjustments, and the one thing you kinda notice when you're playing every day is how teams make adjustments. Once you start having a little bit of success, they are going to make their adjustment.

Some claim heaven has streets of gold and all such things, but I hold a different notion. When we're there, we'll say to the angels, why, a lot of heaven's glory was in the place we come from. And you know what them angels will say? They'll say yes, pilgrim, and how often did you notice? What did you seek?

People for the most part pass by the loveliest things in life without paying attention.

Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen.