Quotes About Observation

A city's soul is best observed during the morning, what is the culture of the city, how are the people, you also get to know whether the city is cosmopolitan or religious.

A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.

Running is the one part of my life in which I fundamentally feel like the observer instead of the observed.

If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism.

I'm an observer - a watcher of movies my whole life.

I didn't go to school a full year until I was 11 or 12, so I lived in books. I really was an observer of life.

You know, you become an artist, you become an observer, of life, and you digest life by making art about it.

As journalists, because you don't carry a gun, you sort of become this observer.

I'm not a good observer. I'm not proud of it.

I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.

When I first started out, I really felt like, 'I'm a journalist; I will be respected as a neutral observer.' And I don't feel like that holds true anymore. I don't think people respect journalists the same way they once did.

We had no money. My family was in Southie; I was in affluent Brookline. I don't know if it's my personality or the circumstance, but it all kind of led to this feeling of being an observer on the outside.

I think my sister loves being an observer more than I do.

I get to pick so many things as an actor. Also, I'm a good observer of people and their mannerisms.

I'm definitely an observer of human behavior. I always have been.

A film based on my life would not be as interesting as my father. I have not lived a life as enriching as my father. I have only been observer to his life, so I think I'm the best person to make a documentary on him.

Judging people is not an awesome job, it only demands being level headed and a good listener and observer.

At the end, we're kind of observers - creative people, I mean. I feel like an observer, and I'm pretty much able to step out of things and see how things are playing out.

Who will observe the observers?

I think writers are observers and watchers. We always have our ears open and eyes open, so I might see something in everyday life that inspires me. And I think that's probably more than anything else. Everyday life is where I get my inspiration.

Actors are observers of human life, of human behavior.

I think being Canadian helps you as a journalist in America, because you're sort of on the outside watching this big party going on, and you're sort of taking mental notes as it goes on. I think if you're in the party the whole time, you don't notice it as much. And I think Canadians are very good observers of American culture.

Young people are often ignored and disregarded, but they are acute observers and learners of everything we say and do.

It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting.