429 Quotes About Observation

You know, when I was in Paris, seeing Linter for the first time, I was standing at the top of some steps in the courtyard where Linter's place was, and I looked across it and there was a little notice on the wall saying it was forbidden to take photographs of the courtyard without the man's permission. [..] They want to own the light!

Wesen waren nie glücklich. Selbst in einem perfekten Staat würde ihnen immer etwas nicht genug sein, würden sie immer irgendetwas finden, was ihnen nicht passte. Würden sie mehr Dinge geschenkt haben wollen, als ihnen zustünde.

Those who believe they know it all should not fret when they ultimately realize they do not, for when there is nothing left to learn what challenges remain.

I thought, gazing at the beauty of the landscape again, it is as though the fiend has prevailed against the angels, and fixed his throne in a heaven, to rule it as though it were Hell.

A journey of observation must leave as much as possible to chance. Random movement is the best plan for maximum observation

What we beileve is what we see.

He recognized it and knew it. In others—clients, witnesses, or sometimes adversaries, he had seen or heard it: A gesture, a phrase, or a tone which exposed unintended truth in the beat of a second.

The person who can learn by observation can create his own culture.

Discovery originates out of unusual observations that curiosity demands to understand.