Observation Quotes

Congress should not establish a religion, and enforce the legal observation of it by law, nor compel men to worship God in any Manner contrary to their conscience.

With respect to the present time, there are few persons who unite the qualifications of good observers with a situation favourable for accurate observation.

But what could I do? Be stupid for a while? I wasn't sure I knew how, even after so many years of careful observation.

If you can't think of an observation that could disprove a theory, that theory simply isn't scientific.

Is there an observation which is not the instrument of thought?

Any allegation of runaway capitalism has to be tempered by the observation that today we have the largest public sectors and the highest taxes the world has ever known.

Who is respectable when thinking himself alone and free from observation will be so before the eye of all the world.

It is a misfortune to pass at once from observation to conclusion, and to regard both as of equal value; but it befalls many a student.

It is an observation of one of the profoundest inquirers into human affairs that a revolution of government is the strongest proof that can be given by a people of their virtue and good sense.

I've only been three years in the industry - but I would say from my observations, my personal opinions, that the world in Hollywood and all the big movies has been built up as just white.

When we try to observe things that are very small, the act of observation itself will significantly disturb the state we are seeking to measure.

It was six men of Hindustan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind) That each by observation Might satisfy the mind.

Observation: It would be awesome to fly in a superfast airplane that could chase the sunrise around the world for a while.

The essence of a quote is the compression of a mass of thought and observation into a single saying.

Common observation and a plain understanding is the source of all art.

I think I have a very detailed sense of observation. I am interested in the details of people's lives and what information these details give.

Observation #8: Boys are icky. Do not even get me started on the state of the bathroom. I'm thinking of calling in a haz-mat team. Seriously.

I just felt from personal observation that there is nothing more dislocated or alienated than a lifelong military person trying to cope in civilian life. It's like two completely separate planets.

Science is the observation of things possible, whether present or past; prescience is the knowledge of things which may come to pass, though but slowly.

I spent my 20s working in patient care at a large university hospital, an experience that has informed all my work and has given me a lot of human observation to draw on.

In the realm of scientific observation, luck is granted only to those who are prepared.

In matters of observation chance favors only the prepared mind. (not literal translation) - Dan's les champs de observation le hasard ne favorise que les esprits prepares.

Sir,"she said,"you are no gentleman!" An apt observation,"he answered airily."And, you, Miss, are no lady.

I blog; therefore, I am.

I think the fashion industry, as a result of globalization, has undergone a uniformity. I'm not saying that's good or that's bad but that is my observation.

Luxury is the enemy of observation, a costly indulgence that induces such a good feeling that you notice nothing. Luxury spoils and infantilizes you and prevents you from knowing the world.

I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for its own sake.

One made the observation of the people of Asia that they were all slaves to one man, merely because they could not pronounce that syllable No.

Those officers and men who were immediately under my observation, evinced the greatest gallantry, and I have no doubt that all others conducted themselves as became American officers and seamen.

The world is evolving, and there is an acceptance of all beliefs, in my observation.

The assumption that individuals act objectively in accordance with purely mathematical dictates to maximize their gain or utility cannot be sustained by empirical observation.

We are told that the first part of the process is to select the very smallest seeds from the smallest plants, which is not at all unlikely, but I cannot speak to the fact from my own observation.

I'm always saying something that's just the edge of something more.

Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about is money.

Until relatively recently, law enforcement's ability to determine an individual's location and track their movements was largely limited to natural human powers of observation.

Let observation with extensive view, Survey mankind from China to Peru; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life.

Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation.

A maxim is a conclusion upon observation of matters of fact, and is merely speculative; a "principle" carries knowledge within itself, and is prospective.

To become an academic expert takes years of studying. Academic experts are experts in how and what others have done. They use case studies and observation to understand a subject.

I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person.

It's been my observation, after years in the [insurance] business, that a certain percent of the population simply can't resist the urge to cheat.

Drawing teaches habits of close observation that will always be useful.

Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree.

It is an encouraging observation that no good measure was ever proposed which, if duly pursued, failed to prevail in the end.

I get quiet joy from the observation of anyone who does his job well.

He who thinks all mankind is vile is a pessimist who mistakes his introspection for observation; he looks into his own heart and thinks he sees the world.

I like to prowl ordinary placesand taste the people-from a distance.

If you treat people right they will treat you right ... ninety percent of the time.

The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure.

As a man is so he sees.