Quotes About Observation

Sometimes what you want is right in front of you. All you have to do is open your eyes and see it.

How is it that I'd nearly been smothered to death, and yet I could sit there and notice things like my stepbrother's abdominal muscles a few minutes later?

Not like this vision before us, who was shaking water out of his slightly overlong reddish-brown hair as he leaned over to lay down his board (revealing, as he did so, the fact that beneath his baggy swim trunks—so weighted down with water that they had sunk somewhat dangerously low on his hips—lurked what appeared to be an exceptionally well-formed gluteus maximus)

Get to see how he treats his mother/sister/housekeeper (critical clues as to how he will treat any prospective girlfriend).

Observation point, he said, pointing to the wooden sign in front of us that said, OBSERVATION POINT. NO LITTERING. A lot of kids come here on Saturday night. Micheal cleared his throat and looked at me meaningfully. And park. I have to say, up until that moment I really had no idea I was capable of moving so fast as I did getting out of that car. But I was unbuckled and out of that seat quicker than you could say ectoplasm.

Everyone knows you only want to look at the sinkhole because you love a good disaster. Get back to work, Fuller. I don't pay you for your looks.

max the Ackermans family dog and brad had alot in common but max was defintely smarter

I once saw her throw a Juicy Fruit wrapper on the ground in Central Park. She doesn't even feel guilty about littering.

I know they have palm trees in Southern California. I mean I'm not a complete moron, I've watched 90210, and everything.

Am I the only one who recalls that Seth Turner used to think trees give off cold air because when you stand in the shade it's cooler than in the sun?

It took her longer to find out that Oscar Sierra was absorbing every scrap of information from his environment, then running it through some mental algorithm that helped him figure out how to survive in hostile, unloving territory.

I noticed that once you realize someone's watching you it's pretty hard not to find yourself watching them back.

Osbert was the only one who didn't seem suspicious. He was so interested in the Decline of Western Civilization that he missed the version of it taking place under his nose.

My beautiful queen. Your entire court is staring at you, and I can't blame them. They were, too. The queen turned to look. Her glance swept through the crowd like a reaping sickle through grain. Mouths slammed shut on every side. There was a scuffling sound as the people in the back shifted, trying to screen themselves from view. The queen looked back at the king, who was broadly smiling.

The magus said thoughtfully, That lying little monster complained about everything: the food, the horses, the blankets, the company. He even found fault with the stories I told by the fire but I cannot recall that he ever once complained about the climbing. So many things are obvious in retrospect, aren't they? I said.

The prison keeper choose an inopportune time to look around the doorway into the cell. He and the king locked gazes, and the king's eyes narrowed while the prison keeper's widened.

The Attolian waited, far and away the best non-speaker I think I have ever known.

The Attolians liked to point out with a snicker that there was no sign anywhere of the king's hand at work.

Useless the Elder was looking at me in amusement. "Not exactly stalwart, are you?" he said.

At one point I muttered, "You learn something new every day." "What are you learning?" Sophos asked. "To keep my mouth shut, I hope.

Servants, in my experience, always know everything.

Pol knew," said Sophos from the window.

Wasn't that your kissy face out there with the kid?" "Shut

Even now, he is every blue blazer getting into cab, every runner along the river,every motorcycle coming and going.