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Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about is money.
To find out what happens to a system when you interfere with it you have to interfere with it (not just passively observe it).
They who depend upon manifest observations will philosophize better than those who persist in opinions repugnant to the senses.
Imagination is really dependent on memory and observation, these things that we think of as part of nonfiction writing, actually.
Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark.
When general observations are drawn from so many particulars as to become certain and indisputable, these are jewels of knowledge.
Carlyle said that how to observe was to look, but I say that it is rather to see, and the more you look the less you will observe.
To appropriately respond to an emergency requires a very clear mind, to cooly analyze what the observations are and how to fix it.
The only way I could work properly was by using the absolute maximum of observation and concentration that I could possible muster.
My observation of Christendom is that most of us tend to base our relationship with God on our performance instead of on His grace.
Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents.
Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. It will expand forever, getting emptier and darker.
We're really interested in more visual storytelling, figuring out a way to blend our level of observation with a bigger visual scope.
We cannot see anything until we are possessed with the idea of it, take it into our heads,--and then we can hardly see anything else.
Correct observation followed by meticulous deduction and the precise visualization of goals is vital to the success of any enterprise.
It is a misfortune to pass at once from observation to conclusion, and to regard both as of equal value; but it befalls many a student.
A growing body of clinical observation has pointed to the conclusion that the family therapy must be oriented to the family as a whole.
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person.
Washington is not a city that takes great pride in being a healthy place, necessarily. Now, I have no data. That's just my own observation.
I'm really more prolific than most stand-ups. My act changes. I do fold in new experiences, new observations, whatever you want to call it.
All ideas come about through some sort of observation. It sparks an attitude; some object or emotion causes a reaction in the other person.
You know, like, real paying attention and real observation and deep thought and deep consideration can be a bit, you know, miserable-making.
All knowledge that is not the real product of observation, or of consequences deduced from observation, is entirely groundless and illusory.
It is necessary to look at the results of observation objectively, because you, the experimenter, might like one result better than another.
In one word, to draw the rule from experience, one must generalize; this is a necessity that imposes itself on the most circumspect observer.
I think I have a very detailed sense of observation. I am interested in the details of people's lives and what information these details give.
Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
The skylines of Buffalo, New York, and Toronto, Ontario, some 40 miles away, can be seen from the eight observation areas of the Seagram Tower.
You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your perception...you see what is, where most people see what they expect.
When we try to observe things that are very small, the act of observation itself will significantly disturb the state we are seeking to measure.
A single observation that is inconsistent with some generalization points to the falsehood of the generalization, and thereby 'points to itself'.
It is a lamentable observation that because of the way our laws are skewed toward the plaintiff, London has become the libel capital of the world.
One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge.
The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men - the man he is and the man he wants to be.
The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.
I love astute observations and really great wordplay. I love the way that Louis C.K. observes life, and I love the way Patton Oswalt talks about it.
Even when one is doing well, one still worries that things might go badly again in the future. This is an old observation based on human experience.
In 2002, in this country, there was an observation that for the first time in America, more kids were actively pursuing skateboarding than baseball.
An amazing observation: it is precisely for feelings that one needs time, not for thought. ... Feelings, obviously, are more demanding than thought.
I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for its own sake.
Science is the observation of things possible, whether present or past; prescience is the knowledge of things which may come to pass, though but slowly.
There is an overwhelming mass of authentic evidence which can be cited as: direct observation, indirect observation, and supporting evidence or indication.
Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.
My observation on most people in national governments is that they have very little interest in and very little knowledge of the multinational institutions.
With respect to the present time, there are few persons who unite the qualifications of good observers with a situation favourable for accurate observation.
Chimps don't have language. Humans actively instruct others about how things should be done. Chimpanzees probably pick up cultural traditions by observation.
He grows daily more capable of following any inspiration without technical effort, and also of letting inspiration come to him through meticulous observation.
The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prosecuted before observation had taken the place of assumption.
Children have very sharp powers of observation - probably sharper than adults - yet at the same time their emotional reactions are murky and much more primitive.