Quotes About Observation

Yes, our eyes may perceive, yet they do not observe; they may believe, yet they do not question; they may receive yet they do not search: they are emptied of desire, with neither hunger nor passion.

Few things are as stimulating as other people's calamities observed from a safe distance.

A healthy man watched what he ate. An intelligent man watched what he watched.

The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.

True dreams and visions should be as visible to the artist as the phenomena of the objective world.

When my vision is numbed by apathy and narrowed by mediocrity, I can stand in the presence of great things and fail to see even the smallest of things.

Critics are those righteous experts who judge other people's hard earned accomplishmens as they themselves stand on the sidelines of life.

I recognize the lion by his paw.

The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.

The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.

In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.

Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.

I have all the emotions that everyone has; it just appears that I don't.

When I was young, I always enjoyed watching skilful players and trying to emulate them the same as everyone else.

Art is everywhere, and everywhere is art.

I watch Straus' fights way before we fought for the first time. He's in constant evolution.

The art of reading physical tells isn't an exact science.

I always start out saying exactly what everybody looks like. I don't know why.

I'm a writer, not an activist. My job is to analyse things, to think them through and examine them.

No one tells a child how to see, especially in the early years. They learn this through real-world experiences and examples.

I truly believe children learn by examples much more than what you can teach them verbally.

I've seen my share of bad goalkeeping, and I've had my moments. But I've seen some excellent goalkeeping as well.

As an actor, I have these tics that I don't even know exist.

A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.