Quotes About Observation

Le differenze possono essere piccole, ma portare a conseguenze radicalmente diverse, come gli aghi degli scambi; il mestiere del chimico consiste in buona parte nel guardarsi da queste differenze, nel conoscerle da vicino, nel prevederne gli effetti. Non solo il mestiere del chimico.

Melvin Conway, in a statement that became known as Conway's Law, made the following observation: "Any organization that designs a system (defined more broadly here than just information systems) will inevitably produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization's communication structure." [17]

Thorndyke never forgets a likely case. He is sort of a medico-legal camel. He gulps down the raw facts from the newspapers or elsewhere, and then, in his leisure moments, he calmly regurgitates them and has a quiet chew at them.

It signifies that the great judge of the dead looks down on men to see that justice is done and that truth prevails. So I commend you to the good Osiris;

Dietrich Bonhoeffer made the observation that when lust takes control, "At this moment God . . . loses all reality. . . . Satan does not fill us with hatred of God, but with forgetfulness of God."5

He no longer heard Kellhus speak so much as observed him cut and carve, whittle and hew, as though the man had somehow shattered the glass of language and fashioned knives from the pieces.

But I've always believed," Kellhus continued, "that one must ride another man's horse for a day before criticizing." "To better understand him?" "No," the man replied with an eye-twinkling shrug. "Because then you're a day away and you have his horse . . ." Achamian

To see what was unseen was to understand that blindness was always a matter of degree. To say that all men were blind in some respect—to the machinations of others, to themselves—was a truism scarcely worth noting. What was astounding was the way this truism perpetually escaped Men, the way they confused seeing mere slivers with seeing everything they needed to see.

Have you heard the saying, Skeaös? 'Cats look down upon Man, and dogs look up, but only pigs dare look Man straight in the eye.'" "Y-yes, God-of-Men." "Pretend that you are a pig, Skeaös." What

We make a sad couple," she said, as though making a casual observation. "Why would you say that?" "A sorcerer and a harlot . . . There's something sad about that." He grasped her hand and kissed the tips of her fingers. "There's something sad about all couples," he said.

to observe a thing always is to observe a thing not at all.

would be funny if Mr. Piccolo resembled a piccolo, but he doesn't. Actually, he's quite round. More like a bass fiddle. He has a big pouch of a belly that stretches the oversized turtleneck sweaters he always wears. He has a round face, too. He's mostly bald and his scalp shines like a bowling ball. He wears square eyeglasses, which are always sliding down

He's not doing anything he shouldn't be doing, right? Like what? Like hitting on you. Ew. No, of course not. He doesn't see me that way. Michael shook his head and went back to his coffee. What? You think he does? Sometimes he looks at you a little... oddly, that's all. Maybe you're right. Maybe he just wants you for your blood. Again, Ew! What's with you this morning? Not enough coffee.

will you be so kind as to provide me with a few places where I might look for a murderer? The mirror's a great place to start

Tell me he's not talking to Brandon," Claire said. "Um… Ok. He's not talking to Brandon." "You're lying." "Yeah. He's talking to Brandon. Look, let Shane do his thing, okay? He's not as stupid as he looks, mostly.

I had no name for that particular hue of orange, other than unfortunate.

And by the way, showers. Look into them, Doug!

As I was smoothing on the last handful across the top of my thigh, I noticed I had company. Lewus was standing there watching me, eyes half-closed but not in the least sleepy. He'd put on his blue jeans, but nothing else... very sexy. I couldn't help but take in the view.

Myrnin had been uncharacteristically quiet since they'd arrived, and she glanced over to see him frowning down at his flip-flops. He probably missed his vampire bunny slippers.

I hate that I see the world through eyes you crafted.

Maybe Thomas had been right in his observation that geniuses and Obscurists had something in common.

I noticed, but I didn't pay attention.

For most of us, knowledge of our world comes largely through sight, yet we look about with such unseeing eyes that we are partially blind. One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?

drink in the beauty and wonder at the meaning of what you see.