Quotes About Observation

The minute you can step outside yourself and look at yourself objectively, is when little voice mastery starts.

The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.

What astonishes us most is to observe that everyone is not astonished at his own weakness.

It was to equally little purpose that you obtained against Galileo a decree from Rome condemning his opinion respecting the motion of the earth. It will never be proved by such an argument as this that the earth remains stationary; and if it can be demonstrated by sure observation that it is the earth and not the sun that revolves, the efforts and arguments of all mankind put together will not hinder our planet from revolving, nor hinder themselves from revolving along with her.

It occurred to her that the more you looked at less, the more less became more.

Depending on how you look at things. Your world could change completely. His thought, was that most people bend over backwards to fit everything that happened to them into something that they could understand. In other words, people some times twisted what was actually in front of them to fit what they they thought should be there, and never even realize they were doing it. People like to see what they were supposed to see and find what they were supposed to find.

You could pick out what felt surprising in a book or poem and then save it, as long as you also wrote down the name of the person who wrote it first

Walkin' through the leaves fallin' from the trees, Feelin' like a stranger nobody sees...

A million faces at my feet but all I see are dark eyes.

In the dime stores and bus stations/ People talk of situations/ Read books, repeat quotations/ Draw conclusions on the wall

James Joyce seemed like the most arrogant man who ever lived, had both his eyes wide open and great faculty of speech, but what he say, I knew not what.

The sun isn't yellow, it's chicken

The first thing that has to go is any form of artistic self-expression that's dear to you. Art is unimportant next to life, and you have no choice. I had no hunger for it, anyway. Creativity has much to do with experience, observation and imagination, and if any one of those key elements is missing, it doesn't work. It was impossible now for me to observe anything without being observed.

Some of the people who camp out at the mailbox mistake aircraft running lights for UFOs. When a plane's in its final flight path the lights seem to just hover, especially since it comes in almost straight over the mailbox.

Those who are in the orbit, but nonetheless on the edges, can often be the real discoverers. It was why at times, the journalist, the historian and even the novelist paints the fullest picture of an era

Cohn had witnessed this for over a year—denial when needed or useful or more convenient. "He's a professional liar," Cohn told an associate.

Those who are in the orbit, but nonetheless on the edges, can often be the real discoverers. It is why at times, the journalist, the historian and even the novelist paints the fullest picture of an era.

I was writing, writing all the time, in my head, looking out at the world.

Even though I'm a believer, I still find it really hard to be around other believers. They make me nervous, they make me twitch. I sorta watch my back.

No one makes history, no one sees it happen, no one sees the grass grow.

The position could not have been made clearer, whatever had been said, not only to those directly involved but to Sasha, Nyusha and Bacchus; their painful embarrassment communicated itself even to the mare, the foal, the golden rays of the setting sun and the gnats buzzing and swarming around Helen's face and neck.

Ningú no fa la història; la història no es veu, com tampoc no es veu créixer l'herba. Nadie hace la historia; la historia no se ve, como tampoco se ve crecer la hierba

Por la ventana se veían los largos regueros de lágrimas del crepúsculo en las negras mejillas de las nubes.

Buenos días, Nicolás —dijo Chick—. ¿No tiene usted una sobrina que se llama Alise? —Sí, señor —dijo Nicolás—. Y una linda muchacha, por cierto, si se me permite el comentario. —Se parece mucho a usted —dijo Chick—. Aunque en lo tocante al busto, haya algunas diferencias.