Quotes About Observation

If we had no faults ourselves, we should not take such pleasure in observing those of others.

Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.

There are some disguised falsehoods so like truths, that 'twould be to judge ill not to be deceived by them.

It is far easier to know men than to know man.

Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion.

Can we ever hope for a Natural History with colored plates that will show us how the world appears to the faceted eyes of a dragon-fly?

Better to be the cat gazing coolly down from a high wall, its expression inscrutable. The cat that shunned petting, that needed no one. Why couldn't she be that cat?

Get out of doors, Strange. Breathe air, see things. A man should have squint lines from looking at the horizon, not just from reading in dim light.

Anhelar el amor la hacía sentir como un gato que siempre se enrosca en los tobillos maullando acaríciame, acaríciame, mírame,quiéreme. Preferiría ser el gato que observa todo con descaro desde lo alto de una pared, con expresión inescrutable. El gato que evita las caricias, que no las necesita. ¿Por qué no ser ese gato?

He watched her with a hopeful, piercing scrutiny that made her tingle, she felt so...seen.

It was, in fact, quite difficult to lie to a hawk.

You're at least aware, I hope, that it's summer out there?" When Lazlo didn't respond, he added, "Large orange orb in the sky, low necklines on the fairer sex.

In the western outposts of the Elmuthaleth-Alkonost and others-they watched for the heat-distorted silhouettes of camel trains to energy from the emptiness as they always had, but they did not. And they did not. And they did not.

It was Hiss who won by stamping on another's foot, and he spent the meal staring at Poppy and missing his mouth with his spoon.

So they watched Eliza closely for some small sign that it might be taking effect. There was no small sign. That is to say… the sign was not small.

Who sneers? wondered Eliza, fadingly. She'd thought it was something only book characters did.

She wanted to see the moment his expression changed.

You could get whiplash trying to watch time go by.

He would gather up the ages and plant and reap what he and his father had sown. All the while I would watch. From my chair. From my window. From my garden. Watch until my eyes died at their roots and I fell cold silent in my skirts and could watch no more.

The more retail investors will buy , the more their chance of making losses in dripping market. If they sit on sidelines and stop seeing stock market they will find their share price rising or recovering losses

What is the mind? It is a phenomenon that is not body, not substantial, has no form, no shape, no color, but, like a mirror, can clearly reflect objects

Every commonplace or trite observation is not a truism.

In Alf's close-up, he's less than a year old, almost unrecognizably puppyish. He gazes directly at James, head slightly cocked, bat ears unfolded in typical, unceasing alertness. His small black nose is shaped like a heart, the fur on his jowls shimmers, and the blaze on his chest is bright white and fluffy.

Has she grown up keenly observing, scrutinizing the children around her as if she were researching the most intricate sociology report: their clothes, their games, their television shows, their preferred methods of cruelty, their figures of speech? Has she sought invisibility among them, hoped they would not notice her, because the least bit of attention could transform into physical cruelty?