Quotes About Observation

I learned many life lessons from watching my big sister make mistakes!

"Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer."

In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.

"In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours."

Summer is always best through a window.

In a weird way, fashion, which is frivolous to the core, shouldn't be taken seriously, but thank God people do: it makes for great people-watching.

Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience.

A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.

We are going to learn more by what we see than by what we hear. Our actions speak so loudly that we don't have to say a word.. Words only account for about seven percent of our communication.

Don't let someone's words blind you from their behavior.

Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do.

My view is that climate changes have happened in the last 80 years, that is, the world has got a little bit warmer, although not as warm as it has been in Medieval times, or the Bronze Age.

A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out characteristics which have not been obvious to the superficial observer.

I prefer being able to see my opponent. It is just different for me; I didn't grow up with the internet age really.

My eyes have seen much, but they are not weary. My ears have heard much, but they thirst for more.

The child's progress does not depend only on his age, but also on being free to look around him.

Being infinitely amazed, so do I give thanks to God, Who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things, unrevealed to bygone ages.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

Do I grow cleverer with age, or does the world grow more stupid?

The actions of a human being, even of fifteen months of age, may not be without significance to a sympathetic eye.

This is the age in which hills can look down upon the mountains.

Middle age is when you stop criticizing the older generation and start criticizing the younger one.