Quotes About Observation

Always the laws of light are the same, but the modes and degrees of seeing vary.

There is hardly a more heart-thrilling pleasure enjoyed by mortals, than that which parents feel when seeing their child first being able to 'catch knowledge of objects.

There is no more merit in being able to attach a correct description to a picture than in being able to find out what is wrong with a stalled motorcar. In each case it is special knowledge.

Make yourself a master of perspective, then acquire perfect knowledge of the proportions of men and other animals.

We shall say that we have acquaintance with anything of which we are directly aware, without the intermediary of any process of inference of any knowledge of truths.

If a Manx cat tells you that it is trying to preserve its long, beautiful tail, you don't have to believe it - especially if you have eyes.

Observing someone doesn't mean that you know them. Too many folks think they know you when they really don't know you.

A silent tongue does not betray its owner

Kids all want to look cool, as if knowledge is a great burden, but they're always looking around. They remember.

The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.

Observing many companies in action, I am unable to point to a single instance in which stunning results were gotten without the active and personal leadership of the upper managers.

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

It is better to see once than to hear a hundred times.

Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

We are far more effective on the inside looking out than the outside looking in.

He looks like he needs worming.

It's hard to look at things that are too close.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.

He who would rule must hear and be deaf see and be blind.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

I saw why people died and how they died. I saw gunshot wounds and liver failure. It was a good learning experience, so I came regularly on weekends and holidays.

Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.

If you stare at an object, as you do when you paint, there is no point at which you stop learning things from it.