Quotes About Observation

For me, science wasn't about the big picture but the small one—the

I know it took a lot of courage, what you did. I wouldn't want you to think I didn't notice. But that's not what I'm talking about, not really. Courage is easy, when the alternative is getting killed. It's hope that's hard. You saw something out there that no one else could, and you followed it. That's something I could never do.

Naturally, he of the big ears heard every word.

Pedacinho por pedacinho, desliguei-a. Vi luzes se apagando uma após a outra. Observei o espaço Cansino retroceder. Primeiro sumiram as galáxias, logo em seguida as estrelas, e então: trevas, somente o fundo das minhas pálpebras.

Leilani smiles. I'm surprised she knows how. For a second i'm certain she's isn't like Rosa

It is hard not to write satire.

Quis costodiet ipsos custodes? (Who will watch the watchers?)

When the average person goes to an apple orchard, he will usually pay attention only to the fruit. If he goes to a nursery, he will notice only the beauty and fragrance of the flowers. Few people consider that the fruit and flowers are only the result of a great deal of planning, preparation, and hard work. In the same way, when most people see another person's success, few will stop to think about how that person could be so successful.

The reason cats climb is so that they can look down on almost every other animal — it's also the reason they hate birds.

How can anyone doubt the existence of God when evidence of His sense of humour surrounds us on all sides?

And lies, of course - It's like astronomy, I always say. Clever fellows, the astronomers, they can tell ever such a lot about something they can't see by the shadow it casts over something they can. Same with lies. The shape of a lie will often give you the truth.

Comedy to observers, tragedy to participants; I consider myself an observer. I fly over my life like a migrating bird, and I only ever play for beans or counters, never for real money.

I stared at him. I kid myself that I understand people, that I can predict what stupid, pathetic thing they're going to do next.

For what it was worth, she got the impression that Niessa liked her, or at least approved of her, in the same way a chess-player approves of one of his pieces when it stays where it's been put and doesn't go wandering off all over the board.

So, being Artavasdus, instead of diving for cover and shitting himself like any normal human being, or me, he stood there, watched carefully and took notes.

I think that's all the facts I can remember. If you like we can talk a bit more about metaphysics, or I can tell you some stories about my life as a soldier; you could go back and check the references, to give you an idea of the quality of my memory and powers of observation. I'd rather not, though, since you might use them to work out who I could be; somebody important who was at the same battles as I was. Purely by coincidence, you understand.

Only, I'm sure I remember you, because you were riding along down the street on a great big white horse, and people were cheering like you were somebody important.' Poldarn grinned. 'Do I look important?' 'No,' the young man said. 'But neither do a lot of important people.

The best I can say was that it was a very horsely horse. It was, indeed, the horseliest of all horses

Can't you see? Why do you try to catch the flashes in the sky? Why don't you be the sky, rising above everything, silent, watching, waiting?

So nothing will ever be written down again. Perhaps the act of writing is necessary only when nothing happens.

In seeing there is love, in being seen there is abhorrence. One grins, trying to bear the pain of being seen. But not just anyone can be someone who only looks. If the one who is looked at looks back, then the person who was looking becomes the one who is looked at.

Shvatam, ali i stolica je dio kina." Homeini ga iznena?eno pogleda, niko nikad s njim nije tako razgovarao. Ali je znao i da je Nosrat fotograf te da dvojicu ljudi uvijek moraš poslušati: ku?nog ljekara i fotografa. Zato je ustao i krenuo ka sredini sobe da sjedne na stolicu.

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.