Quotes About Observation

To look is a territorial activity. It is to observe one thing after another within a bounded space-as though in time it can all be seen. Academic fields are such territories. Sometimes everything in a field finally does get looked at and defined-that is, placed in its proper location. Mechanics and rhetoric are such fields. Physics may prove to be. Biological mysteries fall away at an astonishing rate. It becomes increasingly difficult to find something new to look at.

Did you know that wasn't me, the other Max?" I asked. "Yeah." "When?" "Right away." "How?" I persisted. "We look identical. She even had identical scars and scratches. She was wearing my clothes. How could you tell us apart?" He turned to me and grinned, making my world brighter. "She offered to cook breakfast.

I looked him up and down. There was a lot of "up" to look at. This kid was tall, all right.

I didn't argue. "What time was it when you saw them?" Mike glanced at Bobby. "About, um, eight-thirty." "You must be part owl," I said. "Because it's hard to see in the dark.

We caught up with Bigs at the base of the hill. He was watching the sledders race down the slope. His eyes looked moist. I was worried the big lug might burst into tears. Either that, or rip a tree out of the ground.

The eyes of the owner can see what no one else can see.

People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.

The best way to know your faults is to notice which ones you accuse others of.

The reader lives faster than life, the writer lives slower.

Look now. It will never be more fascinating.

Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our back.

You make it sound like the end of the world," said Pritchard. "Not yet," Jensen told him, as he walked away, "but you can see it from here.

So,' Lucy said to the air, 'not lucky, then.' Through the PSG-1's scope, she could see the Brit standing stock still, and a sliver of the assault team operator holding him up. It was impossible to get a good look at the gunman. From her angle across the park, a cluster of vents prevented the sniper from seeing all of him

Poetry is everywhere; it just needs editing." —

When one is highly alert to language, then nearly everything begs to be a poem.

Dust is watching life's talk show.

Poetry is everywhere; it just needs editing.

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around us in awareness.

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people – that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

aristo poetika'da der ki,'' dedi henry, ''ceset gibi gerçekte görmesi rahats?z edici ÅŸeyler sanat eserlerinde bakmaya doyulmayacak manzaralara dönüÅŸebilir.

Maybe I only see a pattern because I've been staring too long. But then again, maybe I see a pattern because it's there.

even when I leaned in as far as I dared without being obvious

it's our task to immerse ourselves...while keeping eyes and hearts open...