Quotes About Observation

Il signor Paolo Ferrari era in sala da pranzo che beve-va il tè. Nel vederlo io riconobbi Turati, che era venuto in via Pastrengo una volta. Ma siccome m'avevan detto che si chiamava Paolo Ferrari, credetti, per ubbidienza, che fosse insieme Turati e Ferrari; e di nuovo verità e menzogna si mescolarono in me.

The people would have noticed the giant ash tree at the center of the wood, and then, in time, they'd have noticed the little spring bubbling up among its roots in spite of the pebbles piled there to conceal it. And that would have been a disaster so immense that this weary old earth, owned or not to its fiery core, would have trembled on its axis like a beetle on a pin.

Un poète n'est pas, comme on le croit, celui qui sait mieux que d'autres regarder la terre et le ciel, écouter le bruit de la mer, le gazouillis des sources et des oiseaux, un poète, vous en serez un, mon petit ami - les pièces sonnent, elle salue bien bas - un poète, on l'a dit et c'est vrai, c'est celui qui sait fabriquer un poème avec des mots.

She did not move. And about her the entire house, the street, seemed to encourage her, seemed to consider this motionlessness natural.

Observing certain types of behavior which they believed to be characteristic of the human species, instinct theorists decided that the causes of such behavior are innate, unchosen, and unlearned tendencies which drive man to act as he does.

The practice of living consciously is the first pillar of self-esteem.

The psychologist, seeking to understand the principles of human behavior, observes (a) that man, as a biological entity, possesses various needs, and (b) that man characteristically acts to achieve various ends or goals.

it is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.

Honesty and wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense!

Sería un curioso tema de investigación y observación el de si, en el fondo, el amor y el odio no son la misma cosa. Ambos hacen que un individuo dependa de otro en lo que se refiere al alimento de su espíritu; ambos dejan, al amante apasionado o, igualmente, al que odia con pasión, desoladamente solitario cuando su objeto desaparece.

He was too calm and cool an observer. Phoebe felt his eye, often; his heart, seldom or never.

Man's finest workmanship, the closer you observe it, the more imperfections it shows; as in a piece of polished steel a microscope will discover a rough surface. Whereas, what may look coarse and rough in Nature's workmanship will show an infinitely minute perfection, the closer you look into it. The reason of the minute superiority of Nature's work over man's is, that the former works from the innermost germ, while the latter works merely superficially.

When it comes to such open-heart reflection, I'm a firm believer in the observer effect, which states that anything you try to observe is automatically changed by the mere fact that you're looking at it. The way I see it, if you try to study your emotions on a microscopic level, the best you can do is understand how it feels to hold the magnifying glass.

Lik the tree falling in the forest, says Ira. Huh? You know, the old question - if a tree falls in a forest and no one's there to hear it, does it really make a sound? Howie considers this. Is it a pine forest, or oak? What's the difference? Oak is a much denser wood; it's more likely to be heard by someone on the freeway next to the forest where no one is.

I won't tell you what to look for, because if I do, you'll miss the things you would intuitively find.

The Fatigues all talk like that. Big-Picture-speak, Risa calls it. Seeing the whole, and none of the parts. It's not just in their speech but in their eyes as well. When they look at Risa, she can tell they don't really see her. They seem to see the mob of Unwinds more as a concept rather than a collection of anxious kids, and so they miss all the subtle social tremors that shake things just as powerfully as the jets shake the roof.

Being ignored has its advantages...Dignity doesn't grow under a microscope.

There are few things he can stand less than a bunch of morons standing around looking at something that doesn't work and wondering who's going to fix it.

You don't go missing in a museum- you just get temporarily absorbed by the walls.

And so it gave Ayn the opportunity to observe. To let it play out, and allow Goddard a few moments of fear and shock, before she gleaned the intruder. Because as Constantine suggested, she could mold Goddard's actions—but only when he was reeling, and his fury was whipped into stiff but malleable peaks.

The harder you scrutinize randomness, Faraday declared, the more coincidence seems like a design.

It was easy to deal with being invisible, but being noticed ?that was something entirely different.

156,000,000 kilometers away. 6,000 degrees Celsius on the surface. I know these things, but I've never felt the reality of it! My god, Greyson, how do you stand it? How do you keep from dissolving into a puddle of emotion when you look upon it? The joy of it!

People prophesized doom at the hands of a soulless machine. But apparently the machine had a purer soul than any human. It watched the world from millions of eyes, listened from millions of ears. I either acted, or chose not to act on, the countless things it perceived.