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Quotes About Observant

There is time, and then there is timelessness. And if you're lucky, and if you can be still enough, observant enough, you may be able to know and speak about that intersection of time and timelessness, or time and eternity.
~ Wendell Berry
Not exactly shy. I was—quiet." "Circumspect," Vivian says. "Watchful." Molly turns these words over in her mind. Circumspect? Watchful? Is she?
~ Christina Baker Kline
You're very patronizing," I pointed out. "Very clever of you to notice, girlie. Have a look at this.
~ Jasper Fforde
She was silence itself.
~ Jean Rhys
Gotta keep your ear to the streets. That's Rule No. 1.
~ R-Truth
Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is now a good friend, and the thing that strikes you about him is that he's all about details.
~ Gavin Esler
I'm very detail oriented. I think that's why people enjoy my memoirs - because I tend to remember everything.
~ Jen Lancaster
this further example of Irma Onesalt in the role of busybody, to use the belagana term for it. His mother would have called her, in Navajo, a "one who tells sheep which weed to eat.
~ Tony Hillerman
You're so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes.
~ Tracy Chevalier
How would you describe your personality?" Look for how accurately the person describes what you are observing and how introspective he is. Smart people generally know themselves and find it interesting to talk about their behavioral strengths and weaknesses. People who seem stumped or surprised by this question might not be terribly smart when it comes to people.
~ Patrick Lencioni
Anyone who is observant, who discovers the person they have always dreamed of, knows that sexual energy comes into play before sex even takes place. The greatest pleasure isn't sex, but the passion with which it is practiced. When the passion is intense, then sex joins in to complete the dance, but it is never the principal aim.
~ Paulo Coelho
You're good. You're very good. It's chiefly your eyes, I think, and that throb you get into your voice when you say things like 'Be generous, Mr. Spade.
~ Dashiell Hammett
Samie was one of those nosy kind of cats. He would lie up on the red oak limbs and watch every move I made.
~ Wilson Rawls
Be alert. The world needs more lerts.
~ Woody Allen
It's a misconception that you don't have seasons in southern California. They are just very subtle. The vegetation is very different. Plants react differently. You just have to be a little more observant.
~ Christoph Waltz
This guy's a pussy, she thought. I know that 'cause he's saying everything I want to.
~ Jeffery Deaver
I pick up subtle cues very well and pay attention to detail.
~ Julia Fox
At parties I tend to get analytical, observing people rather than joining in'.
~ Unknown
The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.
~ Tom Peters
Banks could see her brain working fast behind her eyes.
~ Peter Robinson
He hadn't heard her approach. His bad. Unusual. Normally, he was highly aware of his surroundings. It had been one hell of a slow Friday for him, and he'd just been about to head down to the bar that waited below
~ Unknown
I'm very observant. I see more than people think I'm seeing.
~ Herm Edwards
People will assume Virgo is in a bad mood, when really Virgo is just in one of their quiet, thinking moods.
~ Unknown
Be ever vigilant, but never suspicious
~ Proverb