Quotes About Insight

Whether it was the stimulus of the radio, or simply that he was growing up, or both, he saw everything about him in a new way, as though he had managed to get a little distance off so that his sight wasn't blurred by being too close.

Science ... is organized common sense.

I feel more mature than most people my age.

take consolation from the fact that the brighter the individual, the more he or she detests small talk.

No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what you don't read is often as important as what you do read.

Miracles are like pimples, because once you start looking for them you find more than you ever dreamed you'd see.

Whenever you are examining someone else's belongings, you are bound to learn many interesting things about the person of which you were not previously aware.

You don't spend your life hanging around books without learning a thing or two.

Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean that it's nonsense.

Blinded following the Blindfolded

There are many things in life that become different if you take a long look at them.

Remember what you learned, years ago: You're never sorry you brought a book.

If only one had a little more time to do some important reading, all the secrets in the world would become clear.

Sometimes, when you are reading a book you are enjoying very much, you begin thinking so hard about the characters and the story that you might forget all about the author, even if he is in grave danger and would very much appreciate your help. The same thing can happen if you are looking at a photograph. You might think so hard about whatever is in the photograph that you forget all about the person behind the camera.

People often forget to look at something right in front of them.

When you have only know someone for a few hours it is difficult to now what they would like to hear.

O!" Sunny shrieked. "O!" Klaus agreed. "O!" Sunny insisted. "Oh!" Klaus cried. "I see what you mean!...

The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen. An aphorism is merely a small group of words arranged in a certain order because they sound good that way, but oftentimes people ten to say them as if they were saying something very mysterious and wise.

The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen. An aphorism is merely a small group of words arranged in a certain order because they sound good that way, but oftentimes people tend to say them as if they were saying something very mysterious and wise.

Even the most ridiculous of stories can contain a grain of truth.

Every problem has a solution.... Sometimes it just takes a long time to find the solution even if it's right in front of your nose.

Sometimes, the information you need is not in the most obvious place.

As I'm sure you know, whenever you are examining someone else's belongings, you are bound to learn many interesting things about the person of which you were not previously aware... I recently looked in the refrigerator of one of my enemies and learned she was a vegetarian, or at least pretending to be one, or had a vegetarian visiting her for a few days.

Sometimes things can go on right in front of your nose, but you don't know about them.