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Quotes About Observation

One can only see what one observes, one observes only things which are already in the mind.
~ Alphonse Bertillon
The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.
~ Alphonse de Lamartine
Careful listening is more important than making sounds happen.
~ Alvin Lucier
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." - Chinese proverb
~ Alvin Toffler
if this Roman dude's as bad as you say, then why are you lurking outside his store looking all charged and heated like a dog waiting for its owner?
~ Alyson Noel
Damen is gorgeous. I know this without looking up. I just focus on my book as he makes his way toward me since I know way too much about my classmates already. So as far as I'm concerned, an extra moment of ignorance really is bliss. But according to the innermost thoughts of Stacia Miller sitting just two rows before me - Damen Auguste is totally smoking hot. Her best friend, Honor, completely agrees. So does Honor's boyfriend, Craig, but that's a whole other story
~ Alyson Noel
Seeing is believing
~ Alyson Noel
La mirada es una elección. El que mira decide fijarse en algo en concreto y, por consiguiente, a la fuerza elige excluir su atención del resto de su campo visual. Esa es la razón por la cual la mirada, que constituye la esencia de la vida, es, en primera instancia, un rechazo.
~ Amelie Nothomb
Llego el momento en que el sufrimiento de los demás ya no les bastó: tuvieron que convertirlo en espectáculo.
~ Amelie Nothomb
Je n'injurie jamais, monsieur, je diagnostique.
~ Amelie Nothomb
El tiempo es una invención del movimiento. Aquel que no se mueve no ve pasar el tiempo.
~ Amelie Nothomb
Elle avait déjà pu observer l'effarante capacité d'oubli des gens : ils oubliaient ce qui ne les arrangeait pas, ou plutôt, ils oubliaient quand cela les arrangeait, c'est-à-dire très souvent.
~ Amelie Nothomb
hommes sont si prévisibles que je les admire de se prendre tant au sérieux.
~ Amelie Nothomb
Quelle est la différence entre les yeux qui ont un regard et les yeux qui n'en ont pas ? Cette différence a un nom: c'est la vie. La vie commence là où commence le regard.
~ Amelie Nothomb
Par le passé, j'avais appris l'anglais, le néerlandais, l'allemand et l'italien. Il y avait une constante avec ces langues vivantes : je les comprenais mieux que je ne les parlais. C'était dans l'ordre de la logique : on observe un comportement avant de l'adopter. L'intuition linguistique fonctionne même quand la compétence n'est pas encore atteinte.
~ Amelie Nothomb
It changes from track-to-track, but when you are behind someone, you know after a few laps where they are weaker and stronger around the lap. You try to position yourself in the best possible way to attack them at a point they don't expect or at the point that they are just not as strong as you. That's how you try to get past.
~ Max Verstappen
Every time I go out there, I just try to find the weakness of my opponent and then use that to my advantage.
~ Tammy Abraham
When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.
~ Satchel Paige
The correct strategy in heads-up poker is based on identifying and acting upon your opponent's strengths and weaknesses.
~ Daniel Negreanu
I'm constantly watching people. Watching their strengths and weaknesses. I find myself going into theater less and less, let alone horror. I gave that up when I was seven or eight years old.
~ Jonathan Frid
What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others.
~ Georg C. Lichtenberg
I think when you are playing at the international level, there is so much television exposure that people are looking at your weaknesses and strengths, and you need to fox them at times. You have got to do something different.
~ Mohammad Azharuddin
Before I go up against the best forwards in the world - Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar - I study their strengths and weaknesses like an obsession, and then I plan how I am going to attack. My goal is to show the world that Dani Alves is on the same level.
~ Dani Alves
IPL is such a tournament that you end up knowing about the strengths and weaknesses of everyone because you are playing with so many people in the same side.
~ Bhuvneshwar Kumar