Quotes About Observation

People are stupid more than half the time.

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if someone ever asks you, "Do you believe in evolution?" you should ask that person, "What do you mean by evolution? Do you mean micro- or macroevolution?" Microevolution has been observed; but it cannot be used as evidence for macroevolution, which has never been observed.

One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful, even if it is only a floating ash.

When I looked, I knew I might never again see so much of the earth so beautiful, the beautiful being something you know added to something you see, in a whole that is different from the sum of its parts.

If you stare long enough at anything, you will start to find similarities. The word "coincidence" exists in order to stop people from seeing meaning where none exists.

Observing someone without context amplifies the experience. The more we know, the less we are able to feel.

his lazy eye drifting around the room like a child looking for the bathroom.

Anything experienced through the screen of a television becomes a TV show.

His talent was appearing to understand obvious realities that other people could not see, expressed with the kind of self-assurance that can only come from extreme wealth.

I rarely remember the names or faces of nonfictional people.

Most episodes of Seinfeld circuitously forward two worldviews: The first is that most people are bad (and not very smart). The ­second is that caring about other people is absurd (and not very practical). It is the most villainous sitcom ever made, particularly since its massive audience never seemed to fully grasp what it was literally seeing.

American football] fanbase resemble that of contemporary boxing: rich people watching poor people play a game they would never play themselves.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close up.

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, doesn't it just lie there and rot?

The best way to waste your life, is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch. Look for the details. Report. Don't participate.

Actually, watching television and surfing the Internet are really excellent practice for being dead.

If you're not drunk and half naked by this point, you're not paying attention.

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

Ask yourself: What did I eat for breakfast today? What did I eat for dinner last night? You see how fast reality fades away?

Everybody looks a little crazy if you're looking close enough and if you can't look that close, then you don't really love them.

When nobody will look at you, you can stare a hole in them. Picking out all the little details you'd never stare long enough to get if they'd even just return your gaze, this, this is your revenge.

Everything you see is based on fact of a event thats already happen, Even light only travels so fast.

The best way to waste your life is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch. Look for the details. Report. Don't participate. Let Big Brother do the singing and dancing for you. Be a reporter. Be a good witness. A grateful member of the audience.