Quotes About Observation

But to observe our neighbor's faults with the intention of looking down upon them or of detracting them . . . is sinful.

It's the same world as ours but also a different world because no two people see it in exactly the same way.

See C. S. Lewis' essay "Meditation in a Toolshed" for this crucial distinction.) The

Chesterton said once that there is only one unanswerable argument against Christianity: Christians. And

life is a collection of similarities rather than identities; no single observation is a perfect example of generality.

Markets look a lot less efficient from the banks of the Hudson than from the banks of the Charles.

She's hot and smart," Marco said. "So, you think she's hot, too?" Aly said. Daria turned to Marco with a smile. "Not hot. Is cool in the morning." I looked at the ground to avoid cracking up.

Honestly, I think that girl reads minds as a hobby.

Look, Abdul. Star number one thousand! Woo-hoo! Stale orb! - Dan

closer, she spotted the brown wolf's

You could of heard a spider sip a breath.

You truly see by not trying to see.

I think I must be disappointed, having come so far, and yet I do not feel that way. I am disappointed, and also, I am not disappointed. That the snow leopard is, that it is here, that its frosty eyes watch us from the mountain—that is enough.

In the boulder at my back, there is a shudder, so slight that at another time it might have gone unnoticed. The tremor comes again; the earth is nudging me. And still I do not see.

As Steve has said to me on more than one occasion: "The Chinese are the most rational people in the world. Until they aren't.

There was something in him that always stood apart, that she couldn't reach and he wouldn't offer. It wasn't just the Job and its demands, but something deeper: a central core of loneliness. He had been like that even as a child. An observer. Always on the outside, even when he played with others. As Annie said, it was a part of his nature, and he didn't think he could change it if he tried.

Browne stared at Banks and his eyes narrowed, turned

The best insights about problems to be addressed often come from the worm's-eye view.

It's a good thing you write fiction. If you had to describe the real world, nobody would recognize it.

Un zoológico es una mejor ventana desde la cual observar el mundo humano que un monasterio

In some ways this was Goethe's greatest achievement: the search for the serial relationships in nature, emphasizing border experiences, the junctures where "the real joints of nature" are located, is most likely to reveal the process of change, development, organizing principles. This is also why it needed individuals who were both poet and scientist, who could combine "imagination, observation and thought in the act of language.

Of course, old man, I only saw the kid once, and then only for a moment, but - but it was an ugly sort of kid, wasn't it, if I remember rightly?' 'As ugly as that? ' I looked again, and honesty compelled me to be frank. 'I don't see how it could have been, old chap.

The wandering French essayist Jacques Reda reminds himself before he leaves his Paris apartment every Sunday morning for his long strolls around the city to see one new thing. . . . he has learned to notice what others ignore.

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it. ROALD DAHL