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Albert Einstein
It is the theory that decides what can be observed.
Alexander Pope
One who is too wise an observer of the business of others, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
Alexis Carrel
A few observations and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning lead to truth.
Charled P?guy
One must always tell what one sees. Above all, which is more difficult, one must always see what one sees.
Edward G. Bulwer-lytton
Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
Eugene G. Grace
If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, it would be thoroughgoing training in the habit of accurate observation. It is a habit which every one of us should be seeking ever more to perfect.
George Meredith
Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape the harder blows, make acute and balanced observers.
Henry Moore
The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by formula, and feeds inspiration.
Italian Proverb
To him that watches, everything is revealed.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed.
John Ruskin
He who can take no great interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.
Marcus Aurelius
Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
Peter M. Leschak
All of us are watchers--of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway--but few are observers. Everyone is looking, not many are seeing.
R. D. Laing
The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And, because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change until we notice how our failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.
Robert G. Ingersoll
Reason, Observation, and Experience -- the Holy Trinity of Science.
William Blake
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
William Hazlitt
We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.
Yogi Berra
You can observe a lot just by watching.
 
 
 
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