Quotes About Observation

Tess and Felicity sat on the sidelines of life smirking at the players.

I won't get involved in any school politics," she'd said, and someone up there had overheard and hadn't liked her attitude. Far too confident. "We'll see about that," they'd said, and then sat back and had a good old laugh at her expense.

happened," said Pam. She pointed at the big house next door with

Frances made a tremendous effort not to comment on his height, as she knew from her six-foot friend Jen that tall people were well aware they were tall.

It seemed like everything he was feeling was right there in his eyes—a hint of nerves, a touch of laughter. No

Unlike other fields of medicine, Szasz claimed, psychiatry created new criteria for diagnosis of disease: alteration of bodily function instead of bodily form. Now doctors only need to observe behavior to diagnose, not find evidence of lesions or viruses. Therefore, in psychiatry, diseases are invented, not discovered

He moved as slowly as an hour-hand in a crowd of second-hands.

Her petticoat had stripes of broad red and blue and looked as though it had been made out of a stage-curtain. I would have paid a lot for a front seat, but there was no performance.

The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.

Do not take too artificial a view of mankind but judge them from a natural standpoint, deeming them neither over good nor over bad.

We do not think good metaphors are anything very important, but I think that a good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on.

If you know how much reality is getting in, then you know a great deal about what a person sees to be true.

I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood.

Too often, the anthropologist takes on the role of police detective, discovering what is "hidden," assembling "evidence" to make a strong "case"... But sometimes what is called for is not an "investigator" at all, but an attentive listener.

And I call it like I see it and my glasses on. But most of yall dont get the picture less the flash is on.

I hate to see her go, but Id love to watch her leave. But I keep her runnin back and forth like a soccer team.

I call ya how I see ya.

So keep your mouth closed and let your eyes listen.

Are those cat hairs on your lapel, or have you been dating a blonde with a crew cut?

Entonces advierte en él algo que muchas veces leyó en los libros: se ha reído con los ojos.

Watch the death of your enemy if you can, for you have caused it. When you have killed, watch the consequences of your actions.

When only one person is the expert on a particular people, do we learn more about the people or the anthropologist when we read the analysis?

I meet Silas at the movie theater on Church Street. We choose seats close to the front. He's wearing a striped wool hat that he keeps on the whole movie, and our bodies never touch. I've never been more aware of not touching someone in my life.

It was a skill of mine, splitting myself in half, pretending to be childish and oblivious while shifting through adult exchanges with the focus and discrimination of a forensic detective.