Quotes about Observation
Only one thing I'll say for the people watching television, the millions and millions of the One Eye: they're not hurting anyone while they're sitting in front of that Eye. But neither was Japhy….
— Jack Kerouac
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
— Publilius Syrus
Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.
— Publilius Syrus
Better to learn wisdom from other people's misfortunes than from your own.
— Aesop
When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king even in the knocker on a door.
— Victor Hugo
Kindness always starts with noticing the needs and hurts of others.
— Rick Warren
For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for him who has the eyes to see them.
— Thomas Henry Huxley
It's not just how firm a man's handshake is that define him, son. Any fool can have a strong grip. It's the way a man meets your eyes, or doesn't, that tells you who he is. That says whether he's dealing with you honestly or not.
— Tamera Alexander
Stick to the man who looks out of the window and tries to understand the world. Keep clear of the man who looks in at the window and tries to understand you.
— GK Chesterton
No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.
— Henry David Thoreau
When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.
— Benjamin Disraeli