#bse

If you treat people right they will treat you right ... ninety percent of the time. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#kindness #politics-observation #observation

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste ↗

— Henry Ford

#work #observation

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#observation #study #studying #wisdom #observation

السياسة فن السفالة الأنيقة ↗

— أنيس منصور

#سياسية #observation

Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them. ↗

— John Wooden

#observation

‎Some of my finest hours have been spent on my back veranda, smoking hemp and observing as far as my eye can see. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#marijuana #pot-smoking #thomas-jefferson #verenda #observation

I hope I redeemed myself with the whole dancing-sex comparison.” “I suppose there were a couple of notable similarities,” I observed, holding a straight face. “A couple? What about attention to detail, heavy exertion, lots of sweat, and single-minded determinedness to get the job done and done well?” “Mostly I was thinking you just don’t talk during sex.” Mean perhaps, but I couldn’t resist. “Well, my mouth has better things to do.” I swallowed, my own mouth dry. “Are we still talking about dancing? ↗

— Richelle Mead

#richelle-mead #succubus-blues #observation

Why didn’t you wake me up?' 'I thought you could use the rest. Besides, you were sleeping like the dead. You even drooled,' he added. 'On my shirt.' Clary‘s hand flew to her mouth. 'Sorry.' 'Its not often you get to see someone drool,' Jace observed. 'Especially with such total abandon. Mouth wide open and everything. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#observation

Wolves eat coyotes," Gordon said[...] If he weren't an old man, I had some rude things I could have said to that. "Yes," observed Adam blandly. "I do." Yep. That was the one that came to mind. And he didn't even blush when he said it. Maybe Gordon would miss the double entendre. But he grinned cheerfully at Adam. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#werewolf #observation

You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear. ↗

— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

#observation