Quotes About Observation

Every time I see him, he's not there.

There is time not only to see who has done what, but to speculate why.

It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching 'Coronation Street.'

The only way to write a great book is to write it with the eyes of a child who sees things for the first time.

It's amazing how I'm able to ride around on a bike. People kind of see it's me but since I'm on a bike, they think, "No, it's not her." And by the time they realize it's me, I'm already gone.

Everyone always talks about the speed of New York, and I still walk slow around New York, and everyone is walking faster than me all the time, and I notice it every time we go out.

You only know that you're smart because you're around dumb people from time to time!

The last time I saw something that tall standing so still for so long, it was perched on the edge of a cliff shining a light across the sea.

I have spent too much time with my eye glued to the viewfinder and ended up missing both the image of the mind and that on film.

I stood there in the doorway before you saw me and I watched you,' he said.'And I watched the other girls. And they all looked as though their faces came out of one mold. Yours didn't.

I was there laughing and joking with everyone else, but it's like there was some part of me standing back, watching, thinking, "Is this as good as it gets?

When you're being looked at you can't look. To look is to feel curious, to be interested, to lower yourself. No one you look at is worth it.

Oh, one is not always alone you know. I mean so alone that one might go mad. No, there are boats and trains full of people to watch and observe and then, if one ever feels one is really going mad, there is always something to be done about it.

Dans l'ombre de ces villas, elles se regardent pour plus tard, elles croient vivre un roman, elles ont déjà les longues penderies pleines de robes à ne savoir qu'en faire, collectionnées comme le temps, la longue suite des jours d'attente.

Verstandig en stil? Is dit soos wat ander mense haar beskou? Iemand wat luister, sonder 'n eie verhaal?

Comme tout le monde, je n'ai à mon service que trois moyens d'évaluer l'existence humaine: l'étude de soi, la plus difficile et la plus dangereuse, mais aussi la plus féconde des méthodes; l'observation des hommes, qui s'arrangent le plus souvent pour nous cacher leurs secrets ou pour nous faire croire qu'ils en ont; les livres, avec les erreurs particulières de perspective qui naissent entre leurs lignes.

Human beings betray their worst failings when they marvel to find that a world ruler is neither foolishly indolent, presumptuous, nor cruel.

Like everyone else I have at my disposal only three means of evaluating human existence: the study of self, which is the most difficult and most dangerous method, but also the most fruitful; the observation of our fellowmen, who usually arrange to hide secrets where none exist; and books, with the particular errors of perspective to which they inevitably give rise.

Lo miraba vivir. Mi opinión sobre él se modificaba de continuo, cosa que sólo sucede con aquellos seres que nos tocan de cerca; a los demás nos contentamos con juzgarlos en general y de una vez por todas.

Casi todo lo que sabemos del prójimo es de segunda mano. Si por casualidad un hombre se confiesa, aboga por su causa, con su apología pronta. Si lo observamos, deja de estar solo.

Natura deficit, fortuna mutatur, deus omnia cernit. La naturaleza nos traiciona, la fortuna cambia, un dios mira las cosas desde lo alto.

La palabra escrita me enseñó a escuchar la voz humana, un poco como las grandes actitudes inmóviles de las estatuas me enseñaron a apreciar los gestos. En cambio, y posteriormente, la vida me aclaró los libros.

Rimasi meravigliato nell'osservare come fosse piccolo quel viso dal quale veniva tanta luce; seduta così sotto la loggia, la gatta ai piedi sul lembo della veste, sembrava un'immagine da pittura di un genere non ancora inventato.

Remember, we can judge better by the conduct of people towards others than by their manner towards ourselves.