Quotes About Observation

Poetry is a reflection of our lives and our imaginations, so it would seem that some of our best and most important poetry would be on this subject.

Skipping isn't for everyone. Getting out of our comfort zones for a momentary skipping escape takes guts. It is much more difficult than many realize. Our ego likes to feel in control and is afraid of what others will think.... When we can learn to simply observe our ego's fear and then choose to skip on despite it, we develop the spiritual strength necessary for inner peace.

Somewhere during Darwin's long journey, however, his ideas about the world shifted and he began peering at it freshly, from a different point of view. That shift ultimately led him to

There are only two kinds of people in this world... those who pick their nose... and liars. [Joshua, age 9]

If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.

Summer thought about spending the day inside that house with the old woman watching. Silently watching.

I didn't notice you actin' all shy when McKane cozied up to you.

Learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see -- to see correctly -- and that means a good deal more than merely looking with the eye.

You should draw not what the thing looks like, not even what it is, but what it is doing…Gesture has no precise edges, no forms. The forms are in the act of changing. Gesture is movement in space.

The first function of an art student is to observe, to study nature.

The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children.

I don't say that the drunk man is the real man, and the sober man merely a shell. But you find out something different about people when they're drunk. Of course, you sometimes find that they're not different at all--that you merely get more of the same, perhaps said rather more loudly and incoherently, but basically the same.

I am always incorrigibly interested in the behaviour of the 'human animal', and look forward to perusing divers effusions of your lively pen.

I held the mescal up to the light and watched the worm slide across the bottom of the bottle.

Are you sure the two of you aren't married? (Bavel) Why do you ask? (Ewan) You can barely stand to speak to each other, and yet when the lady walks off you look as if you can already taste her. Smacks of marriage to me. (Bavel)

Besides, he would know that I did it on purpose. (Serenity) Honey, I assure you, that man won't think a thing. His mind will be on other matters. You could chop off his head and he wouldn't notice. (Kristen)

Her father had always said a person could tell much about a man by the way he dealt with animals, simpletons, and children. -Adara's thoughts

The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.

I've always found that one of the biggest benefits of being a girl is that most people refuse to take you seriously. While boys must be constantly monitored and are always the first suspects when anything goes wrong, everyone expects girls to do what they're told. It may seem a little insulting at first, but low expectations can be a blessing in disuise. If you're smart, you can use people's foolishness to your own advantage. It's amazing what you can get away with when no one bothers watching.

If you think the person you're following has spotted you, turn and have a nice chat with a stranger on the street. The stranger may think you're a lunatic, but the person you're tailing will think you're harmless.

You know how to tail people?" I asked. My mother shrugged and kept her mouth shut, but her devilish smile said everything.

Pratap Bhanu Mehta, who alerted me to a significant difference between the democratic Indian society and communist Chinese society. He shrewdly observed that India was an open society with a closed mind, whereas China was a closed society with an open mind. The same observation may well apply to American society.

Opportunity will always pass YOU by, until YOU open your eyes! - Kit McCann

Size doesn't matter whether small or big thats why a bird can be far and see a worm with its small eyes which u can't see from that height with your bigger eyes