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Quotes About Observation

No matter what you look at, if you look at it closely enough, you are involved in the entire universe.
~ Faraday Michael
Tiana's head seemed to turn of its own accord, drawn to a scene playing out like the moving picture shows on the big screen at the Prytania Theatre.
~ Farrah Rochon
No wise sayings today?" Tiana asked. Ms. Rose loved sharing nuggets of wisdom she said were passed down from her mother. The woman's brow lifted. "Actually, I do have one for you: Ti bwa ou pa wè, se li ki pete je ou . The twig you don't see is the one that puts out your eye." Tiana peered at the flowers Ms. Rose had handed her. "Are there twigs in here?" "Be cautious," the woman said. "It means to always be aware of your surroundings.
~ Farrah Rochon
Farewell " If I am dying, leave the balcony open. The child is eating an orange. (From my balcony, I see him.) The reaper is reaping the barley. (From my balcony, I hear him.) If I am dying, leave the balcony open.
~ Federico Garcia Lorca
Cuando el chino lloraba en el tejado sin encontrar el desnudo de su mujer y el director del banco observaba el manómetro que mide el cruel silencio de la moneda, el mascarón llegaba a Wall Street.
~ Federico Garcia Lorca
El caracol pregunta: "¿Pero qué son las estrellas?" "Son luces que llevamos sobre nuestra cabeza". "Nosotras no las vemos", las hormigas comentan. Y el caracol: "Mi vista sólo alcanza a las hierbas.
~ Federico Garcia Lorca
Trasmundo Despedida Si muero. dejad el balcón abierto. El niño come naranjas. (Desde mi balcón lo veo.) El segador siega el trigo. (Desde mi balcón lo siento.) ¡Si muero, dejad el balcón abierto!
~ Federico Garcia Lorca
If I die, leave the balcony open. The little boy is eating oranges. (From my balcony I can see him.) The reaper is harvesting the wheat. (From my balcony I can hear him.) If I die, leave the balcony open!
~ Federico Garcia Lorca
No pasa nada por fuera. Eso es verdad. […] Pero ni tú ni nadie puede vigilar por el interior de los pechos.
~ Federico Garcia Lorca
ROMANCERO SONÁMBULO VERDE que te quiero verde. Verde viento. Verdes ramas. El barco sobre la mar y el caballo en la montaña. Con la sombra en la cintura, ella sueña en su baranda verde carne, pelo verde, con ojos de fría plata. Verde que te quiero verde. Bajo la luna gitana, las cosas la están mirando y ella no puede mirarlas.
~ Federico Garcia Lorca
Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
~ Felicity Jones
Ninguno de ellos me miraba y yo viajaba como un traicionero." p. 232
~ Felisberto Hernández
As an owner, or an owner in training, you must always be alert for the telltale signs that here is a candidate for promotion and delegation.
~ Felix Dennis
Mother put on her serious face. "I can't stand idly by and watch the country go down the Swannee. The political arena is the only logical and reasonable course left open to any decent Irish patriot. Besides, last night the cumann nominated me to contest the seat left vacant by the death of Dinny Blackstone who has represented the area in the Dail for twenty years. Who am I to argue?" "Sure he's been dead for at least ten years," Rory said. "It's a wonder that anyone finally noticed.
~ Ferdia MacAnna
Em dia de S. Miguel passou acaso voando por cima de nós um milhano, quo vinha de trás de um cabeço que a ilha fazia contra a parte do sul, e peneirando no ar com azas estendidas, lhe cahio das unhas um mugem fresco, de quasi um palmo do comprido, e dando junto d'onde estava Antonio de Faria, o fez ficar um pouco confuso e indeterminado,
~ Fernão Mendes Pinto
No observer is the observer of what is purely and simply given by reality; all observations and all interpretations are the observations and interpretations of persons grounded in and limited by the historical time in which they observe and interpret. These
~ Fernando Flores
No observer is the observer of what is purely and simply given by reality; all observations and all interpretations are the observations and interpretations of persons grounded in and limited by the historical time in which they observe and interpret.
~ Fernando Flores
He aquí proyectada en ralenti, para ver mejor, la vertiginosa sucesión de los hechos, que filmaron desde la corte celestial:
~ Fernando Vallejo
Por primera vez podía verme a mí mismo como a otro.
~ Fernando Vallejo
Si yo hubiera nacido un poco antes, me habría muerto un poco después. ¡Pero ay, nací en pleno triunfo de la medicina, cuando los viejitos siguen viviendo muertos! Y aquí me tienen viendo pasar carros y carros y carros, como las vacas a la orilla de la carretera en un potrero. Y gente.
~ Fernando Vallejo
You can live your whole life in your brain and not experience what's around you. You go crazy that way.
~ Fiona Apple
Here she was, watching the last few people clamber
~ Fiona McIntosh
With your golden hair and honey skin, you are a Rubens painting come alive, that's what you are. All exuberance and emotions and depth of color and sensuality. And, as if you really were a painting, I must content myself with just looking at you.
~ Fiona Mountain
We had always known that ours is a small country and that America is very big. But even as a seven-year-old, I was surprised that so many Americans has never noticed us on the map. Perhaps it's like driving a Yugo and realizing that the eighteen-wheeler can's see you.
~ Firoozeh Dumas