Quotes About Observation

You can tell a lot about a person by their handwriting.

As a journalist, the details always tell the story.

I see things with my own eyes, just as if they were the first eyes that ever saw, and then I set about to tell, as best I can, just what I've seen.

Drawing a good picture is like telling a really good lie - the key is in the incidental detail.

Paul Riser tells it in an interesting way; he dissects it and tells the structure, you know, 'you don't mention that part here.' But that's what's interesting about it and the people who are absent are interesting too.

Most people see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what they've been told to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see - not what is right in front of them in its pristine condition.

When I was a baby, my mother tells me I never slept because I never wanted to miss anything.

Go out and collect data and, instead of having the answer, just look at the data and see if the data tells you anything. When we're allowed to do this with companies, it's almost magical.

Just look at what is right in front of you. People don't do that. They see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see. They only hear the music and not the lyrics of human events.

I love observing people. Each face tells so many stories. It lets me understand emotions, and that, in turn, helps me apply my skills as an actor.

Film is a living, breathing thing. It's very delicate, and you have to listen and watch for what it tells you.

I think there's something inherently interesting in the Monday morning quarterback: the guy who, you know, sits at one end of the briefing room and tells everyone what they should've done and how they've screwed up.

When people walk in a room, the way they sit or they talk, that itself tells me a story.

I don't normally watch myself on the telly.

Normally, when my stuff's on the telly, I don't watch my own bits.

I like to write about stories and life experiences of me, the people around us, and just the things I see on the telly without overcomplicating things.

I'd seen Richard Pryor and Joan Rivers, the stuff off the telly. I don't think I'd seen anything live before I did a gig, which is weird.

I can look at a photo and tell you about your child's temperament and personality. All that scans in seconds.

It doesn't make a difference what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature.

Stand-up comedians know how to walk into a room, even if you're not performing, just read the temperature of a room, and can easily sort of tell what's going on or what people are sort of feeling in the room, and it allows you to sort of approach people.

Your number one job as a comedian is to be aware. You're supposed to understand the temperature in the room more than anyone on the planet - that's the whole craft of comedy.

There's truth in light. You can tell what elements a star is composed of and the temperature at which it burns by the light it gives off.

The black children I have come to know in different parts of this country, even those from relatively well-off homes, say critical things about America and its leaders at an earlier age than white children do — and connect their general observations to specific experiences. A black child of eight, in rural Mississippi or in a northern ghetto, an Indian or Chicano or Appalachian child, can sound like a disillusioned old radical.

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