His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything.
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Quotes tagged ‘Observation’
There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.
One’s eyes are what one is, one’s mouth is what one becomes.
There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or…
Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise.
That’s why I’m talking to you. You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your preconception. You see what is, where most people see what they expect.
But most of all, I like to watch people. Sometimes I ride the subway all day and look at them and listen to them. I just want to figure out who they are and what they want and where they are going.
I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It’s nice.
That’s why I’m talking to you. You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your preconception. You see what is, where most people see what they expect.
I think that part of [less self judgment] is observing oneself more impersonally.
Sarcasm is such a beautiful thing.
We create history by our observation, rather than history creating us.
but writers, Garp knew, were just observers - good and ruthless imitators of human behavior.
The things we see with the aid of a microscope, for example, are utterly alien, but because they are perceived in a state within which most of us exist most of the time, we can validate them consensually. In the case of a microscope, however, we are dealing with an extension of our senses via hardwa…