Quotes About Observation

If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow, your ego has reached a point where it is now eating itself.

It was so easy to be wise in the explanation of an experience one has not personally witnessed.

here, to make sure she didn't move. Then whoever it was

Heads of warring nations could learn a lot about how to achieve lasting peace by watching dogs and cats who live in the same house.

As Monica Yates pointed out, "Dad didn't notice other people. He picked up on asshole people, he could figure people out in general, but in another way he saw himself projected out, and that's another thing that made Martha angry: She thought he was going to be so perceptive, but really he was very self-regarding.

I stood there, watching her. The whole world was a dream, I realized. Everyone was acting in a bad soap opera. The whole world was one big FOX TV show.

While micro-evolution--change within species--has been observed in the laboratory, macro-evolution--change from one species to another has not, and never will be.

Today it's just "the Sun." Familiarity is the enemy of awe, and for the most part people walk the busy streets with no upward glance. In fact, one of the common bits of advice about the Sun is that we shouldn't look at it.

You've been doing this all your life? Do you still enjoy it?" I asked. The room was very warm, and he wiped his balding red-headed brow. Hi seyes lit up as he said, "This is a dream job. i get to see what the Sun's doing every day!

Nous sommes si liés au monde du travail que nous ne voyons guère le mal qu'il nous fait. Il nous faut compter sur des observateurs venus d'autres âges ou d'autres cultures pour apprécier l'extrême gravité pathologique de notre situation présente.

I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work.

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it.

Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands

There's beauty in every tree and every bush. Just take the time to look at'em.

He had this great curiosity. If there was a car wreck and Walter saw it, it would be like the first car wreck he ever saw in his life.

I loved birds, and every bird was my favorite bird. But no bird was a better bird than a bird I saw with Linda.

One day I was counting the cats and I absent-mindedly counted myself.

So there they stood, side by side, the better for me to compare them, an elderly gentleman and a young man, as thousands of cobalt-colored flies swooped in thousands of wild nosedives, their metallic wings and bodies embroidering an immense tableau vivant made up of constantly shifting curves and splashes like the flow of paint in those gigantic Jackson Pollocks.

La gente ve lo que quiere ver y nunca lo que quiere ver la gente se corresponde con la realidad. La gente es cobarde hasta el último aliento. Se lo digo confidencialmente: el ser humano, hablando grosso modo, es lo mas semejante que hay a una rata.

Co kilka dni widywa? pann? Izabel? w licznych towarzystwach, otoczon? m?odszymi i starszymi lud?mi. Ale ju? nie razi?y go ani umizgi m??czyzn, ani jej spojrzenia i u?miechy.

Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely.

Stories hang from the trees, hive under the coffee table, gather like glass on the corners of the road. To pick them up one needs simply to focus one's eye and keep a steady hand. Writing focuses the eye; writing develops the steadiness of one's hand.

We appear in order to have our experiences.