Quotes About Observation

It was strange how you could stop seeing people who were right beside you, how images stuck in your head.

She was smoking a cigarette and staring out the window as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing.

Aw. Men are stupid. You might as well learn that now. Look at bull moose. They ram into each other at full speed. Same with Dall sheep.

She stood in the hallway, watching him walk away from her. Near the end of the corridor, he merged into the white-clad

We drove out of New Paltz heading due north. Squeezed into my tiny hatchback, among our boxes and bags, were my dog, Nico, the hens, and the humming hive of bees, its openings covered over with tape. The dog eyed the hive, the chickens eyed the dog, and if the bees weren't nervous they were the only ones.

So he watches me. I watch him. And I do not know who will win.

The world is my canvas and my camera is the perfect tool to capture everything around me. I always make it a habit to carry my camera with me so I will never suffer the regret of wishing I had.

averages: a few times I've been in rooms with a hundred ordinary people and my acquaintance Warren Buffett, which meant the average person's net worth in those rooms

A note on averages: a few times I've been in rooms with a hundred ordinary people and my acquaintance Warren Buffett, which meant the average person's net worth in those rooms was nearly $1 billion.

we live 24 minutes too late and that is viewed from the right side

Ich sah die beiden Heringe an, die beiden Heringe sahen mich an, wir schwiegen alle drei.

Sometimes you have to lean back a little and fade away to get the best shot.

JOHN Alton's eyes moved from the deep blue carpet to the portrait of some old white guy

Cam shot a glare at a driver in a bright red Camry in the lane next to his who was more concerned with her cell phone than she was in keeping her car from drifting over the line. "Neighbors said the couple used to fight. A suitcase was packed.

Aware of the governor's number-three offspring watching her manage the difficult task of conveying a bit of pastry into her biological mouth ~ her carved jade utensil with its long hook made it possible, but the point was to eat as gracefully as one would sans facial design ~ Inez grew irritated. She sensed the entire table watching her.

we must never lose sight of that gaze with which we look at things.

végsÅ' soron az egyszer? bizalmat abban, hogy van hagyomány, hogy ez a hagyomány a megfigyelésre, az ismétlésre és a természet belsÅ' rendjének és a dolgok természetének a tiszteletére épül, s hogy ennek a hagyománynak sem az értelme, sem a tisztasága kétségbe nem vonható.

The world existed to be read. And I read it.

What's the matter Jaimy? Ain't-cha never seen a girl before? -Jacky Faber

Hmmmm...There certainly are a lot of pretty boys in this world.

We learn more about people with an attitude than years of talk.

This is weird," he said, looking around the room, and taking another gulp from his glass. "This is so weird ... I don't know what I'm doing. I've got deliveries to make ..." Then he said, "Gee, you're pretty." Gee? thought Cassie. Gosh. Golly. Oh, my God. "Thanks," she said weakly, and glanced around the room for help.

Shine light on electrons you'll cause them to swerve./ The act of observing disturbs the observed.

But she is very fond of you, anyone can see that."    "Oh yes, she is. They all are. But—I don't know how it is—if they see me really happy—for long together, I mean—they don't seem to like it."