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Quotes About Observation

The sun will not rise or set without my notice, and thanks.
~ Winslow Homer
Of course, Sol is a big ball of hot gas, but one that - thanks to its endlessly boiling innards - shakes and vibrates. By studying patterns on the Sun's surface, astronomers can learn much about Sol's internal construction.
~ Seth Shostak
The first thing that I do when I come out every night is to look at the faces in front of me, very individually.
~ Bruce Springsteen
What do you see when you look at a representational painting? Most of the time, the first thing I see is a flat piece of canvas covered with colored patterns.
~ Terry Teachout
Obviously, there's more to aesthetic appearance than just race, but that is going to be the first thing that someone notices when they look at a picture.
~ Sam Yagan
The first thing one notices about Jill Abramson is her short stature. The second is her intensity.
~ Gail Sheehy
The first thing that I see in a woman are her eyes. Sorry, it sounds shallow, but eyes say a lot about a person.
~ Ali Fazal
If I see something that seems out of sync with what's already known, the first thing I do is try to find out what's wrong with the data. Once you've done that, and it still seems wrong, that's when things get interesting. It means you've found something new to understand.
~ Heidi Hammel
The first thing I do when I go to people's houses is look at their television, turn it on.
~ Nicolas Winding Refn
Through watching my friends do their makeup, I learned how to properly blend eyeshadow. That's the hardest thing out of everything to me.
~ Jordyn Woods
In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of a new branch of knowledge.
~ C. V. Raman
Over and over in the history of astronomy, a new instrument finds things we never expected to see.
~ Rainer Weiss
The most important thing to do is really listen.
~ Itzhak Perlman
For me, the most important thing I learned was just honing my eye. I think I had a good eye.
~ Herb Ritts
One of the most important things for an actor is to observe humanity.
~ Carla Gugino
I think that one of the most important things that art can do is give you a reason to look at something, almost give you permission to look at something.
~ Trevor Paglen
The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you're halfway there.
~ Ian Holm
I always wanted to run a major label, and I feel like I got the skills to do that. The one thing about me is that I won't sit behind a desk the whole time - I'll go to the clubs and see what's hot.
~ Juicy J
I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading.
~ Alan Greenspan
The one thing I didn't expect was to learn how much of a sense of humor Jerry Reinsdorf has. He's really funny. I never got a chance to see his sense of humor when I was working for him or playing for him.
~ B. J. Armstrong
The one thing about this Trump fiasco that never set well with me was the fact that everyone loved him until he ran for president. Every rapper, entertainer and actor was chasing a Trump check, then everyone changed on him almost overnight and I thought that was weird so I kept my eyes open.
~ Angela Stanton-King
I'm a big eater. I mean, a lot of my stand-up is about food, and you write about what you know, and that's the only thing I know. I don't know anything else.
~ Jim Gaffigan
You think the only thing looking at you is this steel thing, but behind the camera is this living, breathing person operating the camera whose job it is to watch you.
~ Uzo Aduba
The problem with airports is that we go there when we need to catch a plane - and because it's so difficult to find the way to the gate, we tend not to look around at our surroundings.
~ Alain de Botton