Quotes About Observation

Anyone who spotted a weed in a neglected field—a nice wild sorrel, say—and wanted to know whether it had come from a seed that had sprouted in the field, was blown in by the wind, or had been dropped there by a bird, would never, no matter how long they pondered it, reach a conclusion

Ma sarebbe ridicolo il dimostrar che uomini potevano veder cose che l'uomo non può non vedere: può bensì non volerci badare.

Tra tanti appassionati, c'eran pure alcuni più di sangue freddo, i quali stavano osservando con molto piacere, che l'acqua s'andava intorbidando; e s'ingegnavano d'intorbidirla di più, con que' ragionamenti, e con quelle storie che i furbi sanno comporre, e che gli animi alterati sanno credere; e si proponevano di non lasciarla posare quell'acqua, senza farci un po' di pesca.

Most of this long and twisted course could have been avoided, however, in both lesser and greater affairs, if the tried and true methods of observing, listening, comparing, and thinking before speaking had been adopted. But speech, by itself, is so much easier than all the rest put together that we, too—by which I mean we humans in general—deserve a measure of indulgence. Skip

You ever hear that expression 'If it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck'?

There's a reason that God gave us two ears, two eyes and one mouth. It's so you can listen and watch twice as much as you talk. Best of all, listening costs you nothing.

Watching others, listening to their advice and reading about people are three of the best things I ever did.

there are two forms of observation: the first is on the detail and the second is on the big picture.

I always wanted to watch with my own eyes without having my judgement swayed by the filters of others.

I always watch to see whether people can maintain eye contact because it is a good measure of their confidence.

I realise that we're shaped by lots of other forces beyond just watching, listening and reading. We're all accidental victims of our parents' DNA; we are shaped by the luck of the draw, the circumstances in which we grew up and the education we received. But we all have two sets of very powerful tools that we completely control: our eyes and our ears. Watching others, listening to their advice and reading about people are three of the best things I ever did.

Observar a otras personas, prestar atención a sus consejos y leer sobre otros seres humanos son tres de las mejores cosas que he hecho en mi vida.

To see Kyle, to wave to him, like getting off at the 79th street station, near where Kyle lives, instead of going all the way to the Lincoln Center station near school, so I can grab coffee and watch him walk by before I, too, walk on to Tuttle, about fifty feet behind him.

There's this saying: in an all-blue world, colour doesn't exist... If something seems strange, you question it; but if the outside world is too distant to use as a comparison then nothing seems strange.

An hour later we were walking past rows of busy beach huts and weaving between sunbathers and Frisbee games. I was surprised that people weren't taking more notice of us. Everyone looked so strange to me that I couldn't believe I didn't look equally strange to them.

Sometimes life-changing moments slip by unnoticed, their significance only becoming apparent in the light of subsequent events.

I doubt we we'll find anything," he told Jason, though he was watching O'Dell's reaction out of the corner of his eye. "but you can never let the dog know. She takes her leads from her handler." Even as he said this, Grace looked back at him. "As far as she's concerned," he continued in a casual tone, purposely not using her name, " I need to relay that I'm just as excited as she is. And that this search is going to be more interesting that piss on a fence post.

The range of what we see and do Is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice That we fail to notice, There is little we can do To change Until we notice How failing to notice Shapes our thoughts and deeds. R. D. Laing With

Fred put away the phone, finished off his bourbon, and resumed watching the couple suck on the combined mass of their two tongues. He wasn't as drunk as them. Or as young. Or as stupid. He envied them on every score.

Negali sakyti, kad paž?sti vietov?, jeigu nežinai, kaip ji atrodo tiek žiem?, tiek vasar?, tiek pavasar?, tiek ruden?. Tas pats su žmon?mis.

as lover's complaint was noted, perhaps, by the one who knew to find it, and for the rest of the room, only artistic caprice—the

Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do so you will be certain to see something you have never seen before. Of course it will be a little thing, but do not ignore it. Follow it up, explore around it, and before you know it,something worth thinking about to occupy your mind.

Recherches philosophiques sur les Americains.

For it is an observation, as true as it is trite, that there is nothing men differ so readily about as the payment of money. Laws in violation of private contracts, as they amount to aggressions on the rights of those States whose citizens are injured by them, may be considered as another probable source of hostility.