Quotes About Observation

As in a theater, the eyes of men,After a well-grac'd actor leaves the stage,Are idly bent on him that enters next,Thinking his prattle to be tedious.

It adds a precious seeing to the eye.

All his faults observ'd,Set in a notebook, learn'd, and conn'd by rote.

Polonius: Do you know me, my lord?Hamlet: Excellent well; you are a fishmonger.

Take note, take note, O world!To be direct and honest is not safe.

I saw young Harry, with his beaver on.

The glass of fashion and the mould of form,The observ'd of all observers!

And then he drew a dial from his poke,And, looking on it with lack-luster eye,Says very wisely, "It is ten o'clock;Thus may we see," quoth he, "how the world wags."

I have seen better faces in my timeThan stands on any shoulder that I seeBefore me at this instant.

Hamlet Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel Polonius By the mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed. Hamlet Methinks it is like a weasel. Polonius It is backed like a weasel. Hamlet Or like a whale Polonius Very like a whale.

By failing to observe and understand groups, we fail to see how the world actually works and instead find ourselves surrounded by "meaningless, unrelated and destructive phenomena." It's arguable that in In Dubious Battle Steinbeck's point about crowds was that the only way to understand them is to watch them and see how they behave—to, as Doc Burton puts it, see the superorganism in action.

The same applies to any artist; we are the tools and instruments of our talent. We are outsiders; we have no place in society because society is what we're watching, and dealing with.

Jiddu Krishnamurti: "To observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

To observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

To be successful in this field, you need to become a problem solver with good observation skills and a desire to create things. You never stop learning in this field. You face new challenges with every new project, many of which require innovative solutions that you must discover on your own.

Sometimes looking so hard can make one blind.

It occurs to me one evening as I'm feeding the birds that all I did was put two birds in the aviary, some food and water and nothing else and now there are six of them. I know this is perfectly natural, it's one of the things life is all about, but to have it happen in my bedroom, under my own eyes, is magic.

Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.

I've watched you now a full half-hour; Self-poised upon that yellow flower And, little Butterfly! Indeed I know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless! - not frozen seas More motionless! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Hath found you out among the trees, And calls you forth again!

The clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober coloring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality.

The harvest of a quiet eye.

Enough of science and art, Close up these barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you a heart Thst watches and receives.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— We murder to dissect. Enough of Science and of Art; Close up those barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives.