Quotes About Observation

The dark existed whether you looked at it or not.

She'd never realized how erotic it was to watch a man dress until this precise moment.

Gabriel found himself interested, and he'd never before found a mouse interesting.

Panopte's Eye Tamai Kobayashi

Once, it was so damned dry, the bushes followed the dogs around.

At times, it's better to think of exactly what is happening right in front of you every second, rather than going through things from the past in your mind.

The first time Dr. Santos encountered the small, pink-faced monkeys, she was hooked. She tells the story of how one day she was sitting alone on the beach eating. A monkey came by and sat beside her with a piece of monkey chow. The two sat together eating.

Slow people are just paying close attention.

Look around you...Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world.

All of his faculties of observation, exploration, imagination, and contemplation, together with his experimental skill, meticulous record keeping, and sheer determination, would be tested to the full and not found wanting.

Oh," she said, putting her hand to her throat -- it was a suprisingly long, slender hand, in contrast to the roundness of her face.

Mira. Las estrellas combinan con las luces, Liza, mira.

Edith's father had always told her that if you wanted to measure the character of a man, then watch how he dealt with his servants.

perhaps we only notice things when the time comes for us to pay attention to them. When they need us to see them…

But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn't at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of what's going to happen, instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone.

Frank Sheed once said, "The secular novelist sees what is visible; the Christian novelist sees what is there.

Artists are often the barometers of society.

you can write about sociopaths, you can read all about them, and chances are you will not recognize one when he is taking you in.

Living virtuously is how we live well with others. Seneca's claim is that social fellowship is finely textured, a matter of noticing a furrowed brow, an air of arrogance, a groan, hesitation, or on the positive side, the warmth of a smile or a shared laugh.

If you think you already know what you're looking at, you might not see what's really there.

Behind his back, he knows the women in the factory are observing the encounter with cold, dark eyes. There'll be no doubting him after this, there'll be no asking what he is; they'll know what he is when they see what he can do. He's not a man in women's clothing. He's one of them, as strong as them, as capable.

To witness is the first responsibility.

You need a window into another world to work out what you think of your own.

We don't have to ask ourselves what they will do if they win. We've already seen it.