Quotes About Observation

Jugyokenkyu is a bucket of practices that Japanese teachers use to hone their craft, from observing each other at work to discussing the lesson afterward to studying curriculum materials with colleagues. The practice is so pervasive in Japanese schools that it is…effectively invisible.

Roman history is like astronomy in that respect. New experiments cannot be carried out. But a vast mass of distant and ancient phenomena can be observed through tiny packets of residual data, and the forces and cataclysmic events that formed the observable universe can be reconstructed.

That's the thing about poker. You're not playing your hand. You're playing the other guy's hand.

I usually find," Evan said, "that people will show you how they want to be treated if you pay attention.

Similar to observers in the Copenhagen interpretation, we only see the possibility we focus on. And that's the key to locking that particular possibility into place as "reality.

Because it doesn't stop, it's impossible for us to ever be passive observers on the sidelines of life … if we're conscious, by definition, we're creating. Sometimes

According to Bohr and Heisenberg, the universe exists as an infinite number of overlapping possibilities.

Key 7: The focus of our awareness becomes the reality of our world.

The Age of Discovery in science is coming to a close, opening up an Age of Mastery … today, we are on the cusp of an epoch-making transition, from being passive observers of Nature to being active choreographers of Nature.

observation is an act of creation, and that consciousness is doing the creating.

Keep your eye off the ball. Ninety percent of what's important happens away from the focus of attention.

History, as Kennan had observed, was "the common refuge of those who find themselves helpless in the face of the present."17

For as long as I can remember, I've been out in the cold, nose up to the glass, looking in. I may not get to come inside, Jack. But I'm sure as hell not gonna let the wolves in at everyone else. No. That's one thing I'm good for.

We don't need to get into all that right now," Darby continued. "I'm sure Mr. Marlow can read between the lines. Anything else, Mr. Marlow?" Jade noticed that her tone had changed. Though she was still polite, her warmth had departed.

Jade sat inconspicuously at a table largely blocked from view by the brewing vat. He, however, had excellent visibility of the entire seating area, and he could also lean slightly and look straight down the length of the bar.

Jade approached the group of boys slowly. There were five of them, four sitting with their shoulders angled toward the fifth, who stood with one foot in the bucket of a swing. If you check the body posture, you can always find the ringleader, he thought.

As some of our more uncouth agents are prone to say, we want to know how many times he wipes his ass when he shits.

the three monkeys of lore;

Travers shot Jade a look of annoyance when he began to chew on an ice cube. He, of course, didn't notice.

Oh my god!" Travers exclaimed. "See no evil, hear no evil—

He glanced at his watch. "I'm heading up to Ressler to interview the prison shrink." Travers was quiet. "I guess you can come," he said. "Just try not to talk too much." "Won't be hard with you around.

All experience is subjective.

I was seduced by the notion that the long walks I was taking made me a flâneur, too.

A Stellars jay hopped along behind him, watching closely for dropped crumbs. Its dark, he told the bird. Go to sleep. I've eaten already. Where were you? No food now. The bird persisted, however; it knew humans were liars.