Quotes About Observation

To get in cars and drive down roads all over the country, all over the world, to drive just as slowly as the law will allow—although the law, especially as it pertains to speed limits, is not something Edward Bloom respects: twenty in town is too fast for him; the highways are madness. How can the world be seen at such speeds? Where do people need to go so badly they can't realize what is already here, outside the car window?

Edward didn't write any songs. For a long time he didn't do anything. He looked at her, of course. He didn't mind looking at her when she passed; looking brought its own special excitement with it. It was as if she brought her own light with her, because wherever she went, she glowed. Who could explain that? Edward liked to catch that glow once and a while.

His eyes did not track when they were talking, and when he blinked, which wasn't often, she could count to three before his eyelids touched.

Yep those are goosebumps. Or a bad case of arm acne. Or as I call it, armcne.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

I learned from watching and I learned from doing.

Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them.

With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us.

Reality TV is to popular because it allows so many people to sit on the sidelines and just watch somebody else's life. God is saying, 'Don't sit on the sidelines of life. I have put so much in you, but you have got to be strong and very courageous. You have got to step out in faith.'

Realists do not fear the results of their study.

How do you keep seeing through all of my disguises?

It's funny how nobody notices all the good things you do until you don't do them.

The first thing men notice about a woman is her eyes. Then, when her eyes aren't looking, they notice her breasts.

Fog is just clouds that have fell down

I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based on truth.

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.

Children learn unconsciously and effortlessly.

Everything has its beauty, but not everyone see its.

"He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins."

"If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them."

"Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you? But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window."

"I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts."

"Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives."

A sister will always notice her sister's first gray hairs with glee.