Quotes About Observation

The film opens up the world beyond Katniss' point of view, allowing the audience access to the happenings of places like the Hunger Games control room and President Snow's rose garden, thereby adding a new dimension to the story.

I listened more than I studied... therefore little by little my knowledge and ability were developed.

We have seen that no religion stands on the basis of things known; none bounds its horizon within the field of human observation; and, therefore, as it can never present us with indisputable facts, so must it ever be at once a source of error and contention.

The most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room.

Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room.

People who do not see the terrible things therefore do not see the beautiful things, either.

I wanted to be a scientist. I did a thesis on lions. But I realised photography can show things writing can't. Lions were my professor of photography.

My Ph.D. thesis problem was to determine if the DNA content of rat tissues increased if there was B12 in the diet. This problem was suggested by my adviser based on the observation that thymine could replace vitamin B12 in a lactobacillus.

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.

They say eyes clear with age.

I tend to stare at people and memorize what they're saying and how they say it.

Keep your mouth shut and see what's happening around you. Don't finish people's sentences for them. Don't just hear what they say, but also how they behave while they're saying it. That was great training for writing.

Human creatures, living in the circle of their intimates and friends, are too apt to remain in ignorance of the comments and instructions which may be made of what they say and do in the world at large. I entertain a great horror of this ignorance.

They say making laws is like making sausages. You shouldn't watch. It's the same for acting, especially for the actor who works unconsciously.

They say baseball is a slow game. It sure doesn't seem that way when you're in the dugout. You think you have it figured out, but things come up quick.

It's not like I sit around watching my movies again and again, but I've never quite believed actors when they say they don't watch themselves.

There's as much revealed in the way a person lifts a glass as in what they say about some political issue.

Speaking of trust, ever since I wrote this book, 'Liespotting,' no one wants to meet me in person anymore - no, no, no, no, no. They say, 'It's okay. We'll email you.' I can't even get a coffee date at Starbucks. My husband's like, 'Honey, deception? Maybe you could have focused on cooking. How about French cooking?'

Earnest people are always a bit on the thick side in my experience.

When you're an actor, you get your ideas from everywhere - even from someone on the street. We're total thieves!

I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.

Notice the small things. The rewards are inversely proportional.

I am not interested in shooting new things - I am interested to see things new.

The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.