Quotes About Observation

Many wise and true sermons are preached us every day by unconscious ministers in street, school, office, or home.

i do not pretend to be wise , but i am observing . . and i see a great deal more than you think

You are not listening to my moral remarks, Mrs. Laurence,—and Laurie paused, for Amy's eyes had an absent look, though fixed upon his face. Yes I am, and admiring the dimple in your chin at the same time. I don't wish to make you vain, but I must confess that I'm prouder of my handsome husband than of all his money. Don't laugh,—but your nose is such a comfort to me, and Amy softly caressed the well-cut feature with artistic satisfaction.

You look like Balzac's 'Femme Peinte Par Elle — Meme'," he said, as he fanned her with one hand and held her coffee cup in the other.

for as Father says, trifles show character.

Wasn't it good of him? I like such things, for as Father says, trifles show character. When I mentioned it to Mrs. K., that evening, she laughed, and said, That must have been Professor Bhaer, he's always doing things of that sort.

That's the interferingest chap I ever see

I think anxiety is very interesting," observed Amy, eating sugar pensively.

I watched him long, and he seemed to be following you as if to guard and yet not be seen himself...

She had a talent for looking at a person with no expression - you filled in whatever you felt guiltiest about.

When we're young, we think we are the only species worth knowing. But the more I come to know people, the better I like ravens.

Watching him closely after he paid for the books and took the package into his hands, I saw his pupils dilate the way a diner's do when food is brought to the table.

She saw qualities in him still invisible to the world at large.

As such, he presided over these sordid municipal skirmishes, albeit keeping a sanitary distance.

He followed matters closely but never soiled his hands, so that he could profess ignorance of the whole matter.

Gates fixed Rockefeller with a steady, quizzical look.

No detail was too trivial to escape his notice, and he often spouted the Scottish adage "Many mickles make a muckle"—that is, tiny things add up.

Rockefeller never offered blame or praise and revealed his opinion of employees only by adding or subtracting to their duties.

I observed that he spoke very little indeed, and always in a low and quiet voice.

As he watched people scheme and grovel for Rockefeller's fortune, it was hard to preserve his faith in human nature.

I always sit through the credits. I am always the last one out of any theater. I even make a point of being last. I stay in my seat until everyone else has shuffled past. Then I turn my back, too, on the comforting dark.

You Men notice so little Pemberton, Physical strength is your genders sole advantage - Serena

art is a mode of stalking

Don't be afraid to see what you see.