Quotes About Observation

Meanwhile, the mufti and his followers sat back, watching the war between Britain and the Jews with satisfaction.

Poetry or science, what matters is saying it how you see it. Saying precisely what and how you saw, and no more. In science, poetry or describing a journey, accuracy is all you can do. Saying it as you saw.

Olivia was by no means a snob but she was aesthetic and the details Mrs. Saunders gave about her illness were not; also Mrs. Saunders' accent--how could one help noticing with her droning on and on?--was not that of a too highly educated person...

People are different in reality from the way you've seen them while making scenarios in your mind. For one thing, they're less consistent. They surprise you all the time.

There aren't many such enthusiasts born. The average person is not especially curious about the world. He is alive, and being somehow obliged to deal with this condition, feels the less effort it requires, the better. Whereas learning about the world is labor, and a great all-consuming one at that. Most people develop quite antithetical talents, in fact - to look without seeing, to listen without hearing, mainly to preserve onself within oneself.

Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too.

Kira watched them talk and noticed how they quickly fell into the easy give-and-take of Starfleet-trained information exchange. It was a skill she had always admired in Sisko, Jadzia, O'Brien, and Julian, but hadn't imagined it extended to all Starfleet officers, even former ones like Ro. Klingons don't do this, she mused. Or the Romulans or the Cardassians. They have their own methods, their own martial cultures, but nothing that can compete with this. Ro

Nice place," I said while prudently hovering near the only exit.

Early in life, Duveen – who became Lord Duveen of Millbank before he died in 1939, at the age of sixty-nine – noticed that Europe had plenty of art and America had plenty of money, and his entire astonishing career was the product of that simple observation.

Anything that arises in the mind will manifest itself as a sensation on the body; if you observe this sensation you are observing both the mind as well as matter.

One should never try to imagine or create sensations,

Pewnego razu poszed?em do lokalu o z?ej reputacji, poniewa? chcia?em da? z?y przyk?ad m?odzie?y. Stoj? wi?c przy barze i daj?.

Literature is a symptom of the state of a society

Writers are not prophets. We see one thing, one problem in different conditions and from different angles, and whatever we understand we present to the world, and we never force it to accept it.

Ya?amak, tabiat?n en küçük k?m?ldan??lar?n? sezerek, hayat?n sars?lmaz bir mant?k ile ak?p gidi?ini seyrederek ya?amak; herkesten daha çok, daha kuvvetli ya?ad???n?, bir ana bir ömür kadar çok hayat doldurdu?unu bilerek ya?amak... Ve bilhassa bütün bunlar? anlatacak bir insan?n mevcut oldu?unu dü?ünerek, onu bekleyerek ya?amak...

Hay?r, öyle de de?il, ben bir kö?eden onlar?n nas?l küçüldüklerini seyrettim; halbuki onlar biraz ?a??rm??lar, ama küçüldüklerini yine fark etmemi?lerdi.

?nsanlar?n birbirlerini aramalar?, bulmalar? ve birbirlerinin içini seyretmeleri için konu?man?n neden muhakkak surette laz?m olmad???n?, neden baz? ?airlerin boyuna, tabiat?n güzelli?i kar??s?nda yanlar?nda konu?madan gidecek birini arad?klar?n? anlad?m.

Halbuki Sarto'nun bu tablosundaki Meryem, dü?ünmeyi ö?renmi?, hayat hakk?ndaki hükümlerini vermi? ve dünyay? istihfaf etmeye ba?lam?? bir kad?nd?. ?ki taraf?nda ibadet eder gibi duran azizlere de?il, kuca??ndaki Mesih'e de?il, hatta gökyüzüne de de?il, topra?a bak?yor ve muhakkak ki bir ?eyler görüyordu.

Bir fikir adam?, kafas? adamak?ll? te?ekkül etmeden, ?stanbul'dan ayr?lamaz... Kültür merkezimiz, maalesef, ?imdilik bir tane... Ve o da ?stanbul... D??arda dima?lar?n inki?af?n?n nas?l yava?lay?p durdu?unu görüyoruz... Tatillerde gelen arkada?lara bir bakmak kâfi..

Bu alemin tezahürlerini d??ar? vermediklerine bak?p onlar?n manen ya?amad?klar?na hükmedecek yerde, en basit bir be?er tecessüsü ile, bu meçhul alemi merak etsek, belki hiç ummad???m?z ?eyler görmemiz, beklemedi?imiz zenginliklerle kar??la?mam?z mümkün olur. Fakat insanlar nedense daha ziyade ne bulacaklar?n? tahmin ettikleri ?eyleri ara?t?rmay? tercih ediyorlar.

Why would you think there was anything more between me and Mr. Pinter?" Because you blush when his name is mentioned. Because he follows you with his eyes. Because I do not know what to make of him, and that worries me.

Forgive me, madam, it appears that you and I got off on the wrong foot." "You got off on the wrong foot. I merely watched you shove it into your mouth.

I'm a mite worried about how Foodle will respond to being out here," her aunt continued. "She's so sensitive to strange surroundings." Foodle apparently excelled at hiding her sensitivities, for she was chasing her tail with great enthusiasm.

I've seen how he looks at you. It's how I look at the last bit of bacon on the serving plate. He likes you"--Cousin Freddy to Maria.