Quotes About Observation

While we look in horror at a badly punctuated sign, the world carries on around us, blind to our plight. We are like the little boy in The Sixth Sense who can see dead people, except that we can see dead punctuation. Whisper it in petrified little-boy tones: dead punctuation is invisible to everyone else - yet we see it all the time .

Well? Are you going to crouch there and gawk at me or explain yourself? Instead of answering, the girl frowned and asked, Why can't i read you? A short disbelieving laugh slipped from Sherry, but when the girl simply stared at her with bewilderment, she said reasonably, Maybe because I'm not a book.

How many times have I told you never listen to a person's words; watch their actions to see what is in their heart. A person can say many things they do not mean. Charlie to Beth

He too had recognized the three faces pressed to the window as the coach had sailed past. He shook his head as the Radnor carriage rode out of sight around the next bend. It had been Suzette, Christiana, and Lisa, all gaping out the window at them. I did tell you they would not take our leaving sitting down, Langley pointed out, sounding amused. You didn't say they would follow, Daniel said dryly. Langley laughed and shrugged. Why spoil the surprise?

Really. It's plain for anyone to see that he cares for you. His eyes rarely leave you and he's terribly attentive. I'm positive he's in love with you, Terri.

If Brinna is your daughter, they really were three French hens after all." She opened her mouth to explain about the day she had found Sabrina, Brinna, and Joan in a huddle, and the comment she had made about "three French hens…

The lass was bonnie enough, he acknowledged as his gaze slid over the waves of strawberry blond hair that framed her heart-shaped face.

Madness, as anyone knows who has observed it at close quarters, is the more infectious the more sensitive the psyche of the person finding themselves in the proximity of the mad person.

We see what we want to see when we look at someone. Like a diamond before it has been cut. We can guess at its brilliance but can't see the faults until the stone has been cut and polished. Only then can we glimpse inside and see the occlusions and the clarity. 

I feel I have walked onto a stage. The people around me are absorbed in their parts, putting on this great show, but nothing seems real. Every object looks like a prop. Since I have no part I am reduced to the role of a spectator, but there is nowhere to sit, so I have to mingle with the actors on stage. It is a terrible feeling.

O olho do homem serve de fotografia ao invisível, como o ouvido serve de eco ao silêncio.

A man's eye serves as a photography to the invisible, as well as his ear serves as echo to the silence.

os poetas em todos os tempos tiveram sempre queda para as criaturas descoradas. (O Segredo de Augusta)

Tão certo é que a paisagem depende do ponto de vista, e que o melhor modo de apreciar o chicote é ter-lhe o cabo na mão.

Conquanto fosse muito mais baixa que eu, dera um jeito tão superior na cabeça que parecia olhar de cima.

Nada tenho que ver com a ciência; mas, se tantos homens em quem supomos são reclusos por dementes, quem nos afirma que o alienado não é o alienista?

desconfia sempre dos que mais falam, sejam homens ou mulheres. (Linha reta e linha curva)

Um astrólogo contemplava os astros, com tamanha atenção, que caiu num poço. Uma velha da Trácia vendo-o cair, soltou esta exclamação: Se ele não via o que lhe estava aos pés, para que havia de investigar o que lá fica tão em cima!

I stared at him; he seemed to relish my astonishment.

Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.

De modo geral, os homens julgam mais com os olhos do que com o tato: todos podem ver, mas poucos são capazes de sentir. Todos veem nossa aparência, poucos sentem o que realmente somos [...]

Falsehood flies," observed Jonathan Swift, "and the truth comes limping after it.

La experiencia es la madre de la ciencia. Spanish, my dears. Cervantes. Experience is the mother of knowledge.

As paredes tem ouvidos. (Portuguese: The walls have ears.)