Quotes about Observation

As philosopher of science Karl Popper has emphasized, a good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation. Each time new experiments are observed to agree with the predictions, the theory survives and our confidence in it is increased; but if ever a new observation is found to disagree, we have to abandon or modify the theory.

The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.

The observation from the words that I would now insist upon is this, There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God. By

Upon my arrival in the United States the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention; and the longer I stayed there, the more I perceived the great political consequences resulting from this new state of things. In France I had almost always seen the spirit of religion and the spirit of freedom marching in opposite directions. But in America I found they were intimately united and that they reigned in common over the same country.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

My daughter is a horseback rider, so I try to watch her ride; we take holidays together.

For me, it's always more interesting to look at things when you don't really have a horse in the race, so to speak.

If ash-trays could speak, sir.' 'Indeed, yes.

So much in writing depends on the superficiality of one's days.

I am interested in the blueness of the cheese.

The vultures group themselves on the roof like pigeons: tiny moron head, long necks, faces like Carnival masks, and dusty plumages, peering this and that attentively for death.

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see—every scrap