Quotes About Observation

If you watch the wolf too hard," she muttered, "a mouse will bite you on the ankle.

You did not rise in the ships just through your ability to Weave the Winds or predict the weather or fix a position. You needed to read the intent that lay between the words of your orders, to interpret small gestures and facial expressions; you had to notice who deferred to whom, even subtly, for courage and ability alone took you only so high.

he crawled on across the farmyard, keeping as low as he could, but trying to watch every direction, too. He had never thought he would envy an earthworm.

A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife;

Shaking his head, he went back to studying the forest. Aiel or not, they were all alike in some ways. If the world is ending, a woman will want time to fix her hair. If the world's ending, a woman will take time to tell a man something he's done wrong.

Dead silence filled the room. Five Whitecloaks stood in the middle of the floor, studiously being ignored by the folk at the tables.

it seemed to him that he felt one pair of eyes in particular, someone staring not at Moiraine and Loial, but at him. He picked her out immediately. For one thing, she stood apart from the others, and for another she was the only woman in the room not wearing at least a little lace. Her dark gray, almost black, dress was as plain as the ship captains' clothes, with wide sleeves and narrow skirts, and never a frill or stitch of fancy-work.

She was young—no older than he was, perhaps—and tall for a woman, with black hair to her shoulders. A nose that just missed being too large and too bold, a generous mouth, high cheekbones, and dark, slightly tilted eyes. He could not quite decide whether she was beautiful or not. As soon as he looked down, she turned to address one of the serving women and did not glance at the stairs again, but he was sure he had been right. She had been staring at him.

A flower in a field of weeds was always a sight, but if you passed cultivated flower beds every day, none of them drew your notice.

that you should believe nothing you hear, and only half of what you see.

Cadsuane had learned long ago to stop questioning the odd penchants of people with too much free time.

Canluum, Lan paid as little attention to the stares he

They're too busy staring at one another to turn full attention on me.

me, and went away." "They looked at you," Mat said with a grin, "like you

If you look at zero, you see nothing ; but look through it and you will see the world.

We can learn so much from them, y'know--just by watching them. They've been at it all night. They just don't stop--they're resilient. They eat until it's gone and then they're content. I almost admire them. The thing you have to realize is that they're just us--they're no different. They want what they want, they take what they want and after they get what they want--they're only content for the briefest span of time. Then they want more.

Just be an observer, not a reactor, to your emotions.

Si logras ver lo que la mayoría pasa por alto, entenderás mejor cómo se juega el verdadero juego del dinero.

There is nothing in a crowded street more noticeable than a man running ? unless it is a woman.

She's an old soldier's woman, and she has antennae for things that often escape the officer in the field.

Whenever you're in a stress situation yourself—and there's time, of course—do exactly as you would do when you project yourself into one you're observing. Let your mind fall free, let whatever thoughts and images that surface come cleanly. Try not to exercise any mental discipline. Be a sponge; concentrate on everything and nothing. Specifics may come to you, certain repressed conduits electrically prodded into functioning.

Please ta meetcha, kid. I'm Aahz. Oz? No Relation. No relation to what? I asked, but he was examining the room again.

I should of known he was married. I mean, nobody that young is THAT bald unless he's got a wife at home.

That was the secret, he believed, to success in any endeavor: to be a careful, knowledgeable, and efficient observer of the world, and to act in accordance with what you saw.