Quotes about Observation

Pay special attention to their agony so I might take some pleasure.

All of us judge by sight and not by knowledge.

Those who look for filth, can find it at the height of noon.

As he took her hand she saw him look her over from head to foot, a gesture she recognized and that made her feel at home, but gave her always a faint feeling of superiority to whoever made it. If her person was property she could exercise whatever advantage was inherent in its ownership.

I wanted to get out and walk eastward toward the park through the soft twilight, but each time I tried to go I became entangled in some wild, strident argument which pulled me back, as if with ropes, into my chair. Yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets... I saw him too, looking up and wondering. I was within and without.

I always watch for the longest day in the year and then I miss it.

Isabelle had walked with an artificial gait at nine and a half, and when her eyes, wide and starry, proclaimed the ingenue most. Amory was proportionately less deceived. He waited for the mask to drop off, but at the same time he did not question her right to wear it.

She's said to be very beautiful by people who ought to know.

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand.