Quotes About Insight

If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism.

I like to think of myself as an observer.

I was a close observer of the developments in molecular biology.

As journalists, because you don't carry a gun, you sort of become this observer.

I get to pick so many things as an actor. Also, I'm a good observer of people and their mannerisms.

I'm definitely an observer of human behavior. I always have been.

Judging people is not an awesome job, it only demands being level headed and a good listener and observer.

At the end, we're kind of observers - creative people, I mean. I feel like an observer, and I'm pretty much able to step out of things and see how things are playing out.

Actors are observers of human life, of human behavior.

I think being Canadian helps you as a journalist in America, because you're sort of on the outside watching this big party going on, and you're sort of taking mental notes as it goes on. I think if you're in the party the whole time, you don't notice it as much. And I think Canadians are very good observers of American culture.

Young people are often ignored and disregarded, but they are acute observers and learners of everything we say and do.

It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting.

I look like I'm not listening, but I'm actually listening. I like listening to everything, observing everybody, just taking everything in, and then, in my mind, figuring out what's good for me and what's bad for me.

I do think observing is important in learning.

I like observing intelligent people who have expertise in areas I'm mostly ignorant about.

The better I am at observing moments in life, the better I'll be at showing them in my acting.

You can learn so much just by observing.

I feel like the writer observing the grief, but it is difficult to be detached from it.

It's been a habit of mine since childhood to always be looking around. When I go shopping, I have more fun observing the town than shopping.

My books are based on observing others, not myself.

I love observing people.

I think you can tell a lot about people if you observe them as they're observing.

I just like observing people - it's something I've done ever since I was a kid, and I got really good at it. That's a big part of why I became a comedian. My audience is filled with every kind of person you can imagine, and I love that.

Observing is really the fuel to innovating, ultimately.