Quotes About Observation

a thousand hearings aren't worth one seeing, and a thousand seeings aren't worth one doing).

Often what we see clearest in others is what we most avoid seeing in ourselves.

what we see clearest in others is what we most avoid seeing in ourselves. Elise

Of all, clockmakers and morticians should bear the keenest sense of priority - their lives daily spent in observance of the unflagging procession of time...and the end thereof.

There's no such thing as privacy with Ian," Taylor said. "I think of that every time I shower," Nichelle said. "It doesn't matter if you're showering," I said. "He can see through your clothes, anyway." "That makes me feel a lot better," Nichelle said sardonically.

You can tell a lot about a man by watching how he treats those he doesn't have to be nice to.

Amateurs beat the bush, seeking to frighten hiding game into the open. Even when this tactic worked, the amateur found himself poorly prepared and poorly positioned for the kill shot. The professional studied his prey, learned its patterns, and positioned

When you're sure of what you're looking at, look harder.

It is wrong," he told his colleagues repeatedly, "to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is"—which is the territory classical physics had claimed for itself. "Physics concerns what we can say about nature."290

At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious.

Have you ever noticed that when people use the expression 'I have to say', what follows usually needn't be said?

I watched the proceedings from across the room while Cleopatra babbled at me. She was pretty drunk. Finally, I got what she was burbling: "Wild Party." You know, the thing in verse about a party that's quite a ball itself. She must have spent a lot of lonely nights memorizing that one.

Wie willst du das wissen?«, fragte ich sie. »Du siehst mich doch gar nicht.« »Du hast geschnaubt. Wenn du auf diese Art schnaubst, siehst du immer dämlich aus.«

Even when I look away I am still looking.

and everyone's watching, everyone's curious, everyone's holding their breath.

What can you know about a person? They shift in the light. You can't light up all sides at once. Add a second light and you get a second darkness, it's only fair. He is looking at the wall and I am looking at his looking. Difficult thing, to be scrutinized so long. I find parts that overlap with mine and light them up in clays and creams, yellow music singing pink, the flicker of his mouth a purple rust.

I've seen your true face: the back of your head. If you were walking away, keep walking.

Ned, what's wrong with your face? I don't think you've been drying thoroughly between the folds and interstices.

After a half hour of sitting and staring at Mister Lewis sitting on his box, Patrick heard the sound of an engine

If we just paid closer attention to the details of our daily lives, nothing that happens to us would surprise us.

Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.

A European visitor in the 1880s remarked that the only sense not offended by American cooking was hearing.

Middle age is the time of life that a man first notices in his wife.

He watched her with murderous distaste as she fumbled with her spoon. They had ordered ice cream, and some of it clung to her lips as she rolled a cold mouthful on her tongue.