Quotes About Observation

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.

The facts on which the true believer bases his conclusions must not be derived from his experience or observation but from holy writ.

We usually see only the things we are looking for- so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not.

It is silent, an anagram for listen. That is what I do. Listen while she remains silent.

don't call me stupid without calling me stupid and think I'd bee too stupid to notice!

If I was going to date anybody, I had to see how they were living first.

Nothing quite has reality for me till I write it all down--revising and embellishing as I go. I'm always waiting for things to be over so I can get home and commit them to paper.

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Codziennie patrz na ?wiat, jakby? ogl?da? go po raz pierwszy.

De fapt, p?mântul nu duce lips? de minun??ii, ci de oameni care s? se minuneze.

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vautré sur une chaise de métal, j'espionnai le jeu des garçonnets, lesquels se lançaient leurs voiliers miniatures d'un bord à l'autre du bassin circulaire, puis, malgré moi, j'observai le vent dans la ramée, l'oscillation des arbustes, j'envoyai deux ou trois cailloux pour dessiner des ronds sur l'eau et je me penchais vers les fleurs lorsque la paix m'inonda… J'avais compris.

One discovers answers to problems only when one feels that they are burning and that it is a a matter of life and death to solve them. Is nothing is of burning interest, one's reason and one's critical faculty operate on a low level of activity; it appears then that one lacks the faculty to observe.

The "tourist" with his camera is an outstanding symbol of an alienated relationship to the world. Being constantly occupied with taking pictures, actually he does not see anything at all, except through the intermediary of the camera. The camera sees for him, and the outcome of his "pleasure" trip is a collection of snapshots, which are the substitute for an experience which he could have had, but did not have.

At school I was careful not to look like I watched everything, but I did.

Lee had never realized how hideous most of the world was until Rome.

The color of a polar bear's skin? Is? In fact? BLACK!" she cried. Some passengers cheered, but several looked crestfallen. "I'm so sorry," an older man implored his wife. "I really did think it was pink." "I know you did, honey," said his wife morosely, peering into her empty glass.

went to the window off the porch, and I saw

And no one ever told her anything at all. Tears and shouted questions got her nothing but pitying looks and new dolls. While the dolls were nice, she still wanted to know where her mother had really gone and when her real papa was coming back to her. That was when she learned to be quiet and watch. When she tucked herself away in corners, people forgot she was there and talked about things in quiet, calm ways with no baby-speak. Bea hated baby-speak.

It's also been my experience that the people you would least expect of guile and subterfuge are the most adept at hiding their true nature—at least for a while. But it almost always surfaces sooner or later, sometimes violently.

I watch and try not to think. Everything is a film: a fly on the windshield trying to get in, a delivery truck parked in front of whatever to deliver something I will never savor, a plane carrying flesh messages across the sky. The movie is wonderful to watch when I'm not in it.

Bruce watched her nose sniff at the side of the friend's head, her tongue like a worm, searching for a way in.

You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky.

You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky.