Quotes About Observation

William didn't look like he'd be difficult about anything - he was thin and sandy-haired and already wore eyeglasses like his father. Most of the time he didn't say much. But when he was curious about something, he was stubborner than a bear after a honeycomb.

He noticed, without surprise, that the two cats had come along, even though he had not specifically included them in the transportation spell. Cats were like that.

Cassie. I know some things," said Mama. "What things?" "I know you watch me all the time," said Mama. I started to shake my head, but Mama stopped me. "I saw you in the night, watching. I saw you watching me with the goslings. I know you're afraid." "Grandfather told you," I whispered. "He didn't have to tell me," Mama said. "I'm smart, you know.

I had to come," said Dr. Sam. "To have a look at the aunts." Grandfather laughed. "Well, this is Harriet, and Mattie, and Lou," said Caleb, touching each one on the shoulder. "How do you do? Didn't you have sheep by those names?" Dr. Sam asked Mama. Mama smiled. "Yes, I saw Mattie the sheep just yesterday," said Aunt Lou. "She's a bit fat.

When I have run out of words to copy, I look out the window at this strange place called India. Inside the train, the people around me are snoring. I don't understand how they can close their eyes when there is so much to see.

Smith's eyes traced

Drawing is what you see of the world, truly see...And sometimes what you see is so deep in your head you're not even sure of what you're seeing. But when it's down there on paper, and you look at it, really look, you'll see the way things are...that's the world, isn't it? You have to keep looking to find the truth.

You can see a lot of the world from a curb.

If you dine at SkyCity, revolving just beneath the 520-foot-high observation deck, the elevator ride is free (otherwise it's $18), but be forewarned that the restaurant is one of Seattle's priciest (you're paying for the million-dollar view).

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't somebody watching.

Bobcat?" he says. "What bobcat?

You help your children learn as human beings have done throughout history: By paying attention to their interests and growth, their words and actions, they show you how to best help them learn. You may use a class, textbook, or mentor, but you are doing so on an as-needed basis, not as a compulsory obligation.

He is like a traveler who looks left and right but doesn't think to look behind or above him. Men like that get eaten by cougars.

Vale, cabezón y pececitos, hagamos un trato. Yo no os miraré por esa ventana tan aterradora si vosotros no me miráis mientras trabajo. ¿Hecho? Bien.

Virtue will slumber. The wicked will be continually watching. Consequently, you will be undone.

Through the window, I saw the beautiful world outside: the sky, the sun, the cacti, the rocks, and the dirt. How I longed to return to it! I licked at the air, trying to smell the desert's delicious dusty scent, but could not. How was I able to see it without smelling it? Did humans control scents as well as the temperature and the waters? Is that what windows were for, to keep out scents? Why did they wish to put invisible barriers between themselves and the world?

What is with these guys? Where's the thrill in watching snakes eat? I certainly didn't thrill in watching humans eat.

I don`t know if he was English but he spoke like it. He said good afternoon when everybody else said hardy weather or she looks like rain.

I noticed a phenomenon that doesn't often happen to a man: several women turned round as he passed them.

One has to be aware of so-called witnesses.

Ultimately, how far away exactly does a novelist remain? At the margins of life in order to describe it, because if you are immersed in it – in the action – the image you have of it is mixed up.

Et quand elle se mêlait aux autres, elle n'attirait pas non plus l'attention. Elle demeurait silencieuse et réservée et se contentait d'écouter.

Il y a des etres mysterieux - toujours les memes - qui se tiennent en sentinelles a chaque carrefour de votre vie.

Time goes on, even when yer not looking.