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Quotes about Observation

The balcony is a metaphor for a mental and emotional place of perspective, calm, and self-control. If life is a stage and we are all actors on that stage, then the balcony is a place from which we can see the entire play unfolding with greater clarity. To observe our selves, it is valuable to go to the balcony at all times, and especially before, during, and after any problematic conversation or negotiation.
— William Ury
Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher.
— William Wordsworth
When eagles are silent, parrots begin to chatter.
— Winston Churchill
The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.
— Cicero
We will watch Him and watch and watch and watch... forever, I think.
— Jerry B. Jenkins
I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.
— Jonah Hill
You can't be a critic by simply being a griper. One has also to search out the examples of good work.
— Wendell Berry
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.
— Simon Sinek
The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front.
— Ulysses S. Grant
We are immersed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The eye of the poet sees less clearly, but sees farther than the eye of the scientist.
— Peter Kreeft
Live a life of love, especially the love of God, and observe the joy of it. Live a life of lovelessness and observe the joylessness of it.
— Peter Kreeft