Quotes About Observant

Oprah is so bright, and her intelligence is so piercing that I don't think anyone who spends a few minutes with her isn't struck by that.

He [Earl Scruggs] was really cool because he was very quiet, and he wouldn't say much, but then he would come out with a quip that was like so perfect and so brilliant, very smart.

The eye of youth is very observant. Youth has its moments of keen intuition, even normal youth -- but the intuition of those who stand mi-way between the sexes is so ruthless, so poignant, so deadly, as to be in the nature of an added scourge...

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Young and inexperienced Grey might be, but he was not unobservant. Neither was he a poor judge of men.

Mr. Farquard Campbell," the butler said quietly, and stood back against the wall.

I'm a pretty astute person.

None of my movies are autobiographical.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal… one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly. ~ Theophile Gautier

You are quick to catch the author's intentions and nothing escapes you

Percy wouldn't notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby's hats.

Our viewers are very educated, they can tell if I train or not.

We continue to be vigilant.

I am pathetically law-abiding.

The grandmother was waiting in the parlour. She had on a long black skirt that reached to the ground and she moved as if she was on wheels. Esme doesn't think she ever saw her feet. She proffered a cheek for her son to kiss, then surveyed Esme and Kitty through pince-nez. 'Ishbel,' she said to their mother, who was suddenly standing very erect and very alert on the hearthrug, 'something will have to be done about the clothes.

My family was totally non-religious. There was no question we were Jewish, but we were not observant.

My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.

Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?

Zane Smith is a guy who can shut you out as well as look at you.

When my mathematician husband is bored at parties, he sits quietly in a corner and does equations in his head. Only I know that he is no longer in the room. I can tell by his eyes and the contented look on his face.

Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn't talk much. I never met him.

It's not a bad thing for a writer not to feel at home. Writers - we're much more comfortable at parties standing in the corner watching everybody else having a good time than we are mingling.

Reactionaries are recruited from among the front-row spectators of a revolution.