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Quotes About Observation

the ferret, hunting, eyes on the ground, never hears footsteps of the hawk
~ Andrew Vachss
Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.
~ Andrew Young
As usual, cats and children noticed him first.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Zwyczajem wszystkich szpicli Å›wiata unikali patrzenia w oczy i jak wszyscy szpicle Å›wiata mieli pospolite i wyblakÅ'e gÄ™by, którym usilnie starali siÄ™ nada? mÄ…dry wyraz, dziÄ™ki czemu przypominali umysÅ'owo chore maÅ'py.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
I was watching them carefully, and I know people. They weren't lying." "No," the witcher agreed. "They weren't lying. They firmly believed it all. Which doesn't change the facts.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Hej! - rycza? Yarpen Zigrin siedz?cy na ko?le, wskazuj?c na Yennefer. - Co? si? tam czerni na szlaku! Ciekawe, co to? Wygl?da jak koby?a! - Bez ochyby! - odwrzasn?? Jaskier, odsuwaj?c na ty? g?owy ?liwkowy kapelusik. - To koby?a! Wierzchem na wa?achu! Niebywa?e!
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
The unicorn discovered several clumps of yellowed thistles and ate them with relish. This time Ciri did not join him. But when Little Horse found some lizard's eggs in the sand, she ate and he watched her.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Jag fick en smäll rätt i skallen. Titta vilken bula!« »Det är sjätte gången du visar den. Den ser inte intressantare ut än första gången.«
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Bumbler is right on one account: the aeschna has as much in common with a cinerea as I do with a fox. We both like to eat duck.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Although I don't enquire into people's motives, I'm slowly learning the art of looking beneath masks.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Le intenzioni umane, per quanto astutamente celate, vengono sempre tradite da due cose: dagli occhi e dalle mani.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Younger tutors milled around with their eyes glued to the backsides of female students. Dandelion ascertained with joy that, since his day, nothing had changed in the Academy.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
The sentries were professional soldiers, which could be discerned by their remarkable ability to communicate using sentences constructed entirely of pronouns and coarse expletives.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Prawda, ?e to ogromna ró?nica? – Ogrom tej ró?nicy umknÄ…Å' jakoÅ› mojej uwadze.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Ludzie nie pragn? ?eczy wymy?lonych, poci?ga ich tylko to, co zobaczyli wcze?niej.
~ Andrzej Stasiuk
Czarnow?osy, chudy i smag?y, wygl?da? na Cygana albo na kogo?, kto znalaz? si? tutaj przypadkiem. On zawsze wygl?da? tak, jakby si? przysiad?, bo akurat by?o wolne miejsce. My?la?, kpi?, nudzi? si? na w?asny rachunek.
~ Andrzej Stasiuk
Babadag, de nouveau, comme il y a deux ans : le car fait un arrêt de dix minutes, le chauffeur s'éclipse, la marmaille fait la manche sans conviction dans la chaleur torride de midi, rien n'a changé. Seuls les billets de mille lei avec Eminescu ont disparu, remplacés désormais par de petits ronds en aluminium représentant Constantin Brâncoveanu. (p. 308)
~ Andrzej Stasiuk
Always remember: science first!
~ Andy Andrews
If I'm busy, I might overlook something magnificent and splendid like a rare mushroom in the forest … and who knows when I might see such an amazing thing again?
~ Andy Couturier
Zack walked across the room to the window, leaned out and peered into the night.
~ Andy Griffiths
Our fundamental economic beliefs, which we have elevated from a conviction based on observation to an unquestioned truism, is that the free market is the best of all economic systems—the freer the better. Our generation has seen the decisive victory of free-market principles over planned economies. So we stick with this belief, largely oblivious to emerging evidence that while free markets beat planned economies, there may be room for a modification that is even better.
~ Andy Grove
Most people assume that meditation is all about stopping thoughts, getting rid of emotions, somehow controlling the mind. But actually it's … about stepping back, seeing the thought clearly, witnessing it coming and going.
~ Andy Puddicombe
You can't see anything sprouted out of my face, can you?" "Only your unkempt nostril hair," said Trista, wearily.
~ Andy Remic
I'm always on the lookout for something good about people. Often months go by.
~ Andy Rooney