429 Quotes About Observation

Enchantment lies in everyday moments if you are observant.

The world was beautiful when looked at in this way—without any seeking, so simple, so childlike.

Fiecare duce cu sine o realitate personală. Dacă zece dintre ei privesc în aceeași direcție, există probabilitatea ca fiecare să observe lucruri diferite. Abia în momentul în care vor crea legături între ei vor putea să combine fragmentele de imagini și să alcătuiască un tablou comun.

The longer I observe the way people really act, the happier I am that I never pay attention to them.

Many of life's mysteries could be instantly resolved if we would just open our eyes.

Funny how nobody talks on the tubes, isn't it? I rarely catch the tube myself, or lifts. Confined spaces, everybody shuts down. Why is that? Perhaps we think everybody on the tube is a potential psychopath or a drunk,so we close down and pretend to read a book or something.

To acquire knowledge, one must study;but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

I would say inhuman, but your kind perfected the clockwork of murder long ago.

With my new habit of carrying binoculars everywhere, I feel imbued with a readiness to see, an attitude that my life itself is a kind of field trip. The urban naturalist has the terrific luxury of stepping out her door and into "the field," without long rides or carpools, or putting money in for gas and Dairy Queen. When does the field trip being? Whenever we start paying attention.