#observing

I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing. ↗

— Mary Oliver

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Only by observing this condition would the results of our work be regarded as fully conclusive and as having elucidated the normal course of the phenomena. ↗

— Ivan Pavlov

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Cultivating literature as I do upon a little oatmeal, and driving, when in a position to be driven at all, in that humble vehicle, the 'bus, I have had, perhaps, exceptional opportunities for observing their mutual position and behaviour; and it is very peculiar. ↗

— James Payn

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A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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In a lifetime of observing and participating in political debate, I have seen a lot of meanness. ↗

— Dennis Prager

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The devil himself had probably redesigned Hell in the light of information he had gained from observing airport layouts. ↗

— Anthony Price

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A zombie film is not fun without a bunch of stupid people running around and observing how they fail to handle the situation. ↗

— George A. Romero

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I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight. ↗

— Venerable Bede

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The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating in the 'experiment.' ↗

— Nate Silver

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