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Observed duties maintain our credit; but secret duties maintain our life. -- John Flavel
I'm not a visionary, but I've spent half my life drawing things Imagined, Remembered, and Observed, comparing the differences between them, and my study confirms that "the difference between night and day / is not as great as people say." -- Peter Blegvad
If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere. -- Marilyn Monroe
Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed. -- Gordon B. Hinckley
A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed. -- Rene Descartes
The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution. -- Paul Cezanne
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise. -- Baron de Montesquieu
It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish. -- Stephen Leacock
Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them. -- Arthur Conan Doyle
It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum. -- Sam Harris
Though President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day a national holiday in 1894, the occasion was first observed on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City. -- Brendan I. Koerner
When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work. -- George Bernard Shaw
I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery. -- Ty Cobb
We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose, of forcing the patient out of real life, of alienating him from actuality. -- Sigmund Freud
Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations. -- J. William Fulbright
We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our reflection by the Things which we have observed. -- William Whewell
What I've observed and what I've imagined - and definitely what I'm hoping - happens as you get older is that there's a mellowing, an acceptance that comes with time. I guess that I'll find out. -- Anne Hathaway
In my life outdoors, I've observed that animals of almost any variety will stand in a windy place rather than in a protected, windless area infested with biting insects. They would rather be annoyed by the wind than bitten. -- Tim Cahill
I've backpacked to countries like Italy and Turkey and observed beautiful scenery, but then I realized that beauty was always very close to me. It is here in Belitung Island, where the rivers, beaches and the terrain captivate my attention most. -- Andrea Hirata
In several sections, both natural in the banks of the Mississippi and its numerous arms, and where artificial canals had been cut, I observed erect stumps of trees, with their roots attached, buried in strata at different heights, one over the other. -- Charles Lyell
In the shallow parts of many Swiss lakes, where there is a depth of no more than from 5 to 15 feet of water, ancient wooden piles are observed at the bottom sometimes worn down to the surface of the mud, sometimes projecting slightly above it. -- Charles Lyell
Opponents of U.S. sanctions have made 'unilateral sanctions' their special target. They argue that sanctions observed by many nations would be much more effective. True enough. Far better for trade with an outlaw regime to be restricted by many nations than by just one. -- Elliott Abrams
Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet. -- King Edward VIII
I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together. -- Queen Elizabeth II
Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound, but they have not held up to scientific scrutiny. And, although many concerns have been expressed about the potential for unexpected consequences, the unexpected effects that have been observed so far have been benign. -- Nina Fedoroff
When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water, we begin to realise that the molecular scattering of light in liquids may possess an astronomical significance, in fact contribute in an important degree to the observed albedo of the earth. -- C. V. Raman
In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer. -- Benjamin Franklin
We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself. -- Pope Francis
The observer is the observed. -- Jiddu Krishnamurti
In 1956 we observed the electron antineutrino. -- Frederick Reines
I'm not interested in observed reality. -- Howard Barker
Nothing is real unless it is observed -- John Gribbin
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed. -- George Herbert
We largely become what we have observed and respected. -- Wayde Goodall
I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious. -- Anton Chekhov
Excellently observed", answered Candide; "but let us cultivate our garden. -- Voltaire
It is the theory that decides what can be observed. -- Albert Einstein
Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is not observed in history that families improve with time. -- George William Curtis
I have not observed mens honesty to increase with their riches. -- Thomas Jefferson
The torture of being the unseen object, and the constantly observed subject. -- Amiri Baraka
The sky sinks in the morning, this fact has been insufficiently observed. -- Samuel Beckett
Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
No phenomenon is a real phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon. -- John Archibald Wheeler
Television probably has become the most evocative, widely observed signpost we have. -- Robert Adams
The universe, he observed, makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid. -- Charles Dickens
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth. -- James MacGregor Burns
Everyone has a watched life. Everyone is both the observer and the observed. -- Akiane Kramarik
He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed. -- Johann Caspar Lavater
I've often observed that women can be the weakest link in women's rights. -- Jean Sasson
It is observed that Failed people can give a successful talk on hardwork. -- Rahul Bodkhe
I think any big success is paralyzing. I have observed it in others. -- Mary Harron
Few things are as stimulating as other people's calamities observed from a safe distance. -- George Will
...separation of the observer from the phenomenon to be observed is no longer possible. -- Werner Heisenberg
Evolution has been observed. It's just that it hasn't been observed while it's happening. -- Richard Dawkins
It must be observed that our revenues are raised almost wholly on imported goods. -- Thomas Jefferson
A priority is observed, not manufactured or assigned. Otherwise, it's necessarily not a priority. -- Merlin Mann
... if it were the fashion to go naked, the face would be hardly observed. -- Mary Wortley Montagu
What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily. -- Harrison Ford
You're in an awfully good mood," he observed. "Was there a sale at Khakis-R-Us? -- Richelle Mead
A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people... -- Bessie Head
A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people. -- Bessie Head
A tendancy to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault. -- Abraham Lincoln
Not many girls would have used their wits the way you did," the officer observed. -- Carolyn Keene
My house seems remarkably full of people," he observed. "Is it possible we were expected. -- Georgette Heyer
Good films demand to be looked at several times in order to be observed completely. -- Jonathan Lethem
The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature. -- Margot Asquith
That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed. It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed. -- Joseph Heller
Beautifully-acted and precisely observed, ILO ILO is an amazing debut, full of heart and intelligence. -- Ang Lee
I wouldn't call that an instrument of music," Ragnor observed sourly. "An instrument of torture, perhaps. -- Cassandra Clare
If a writer stops observing he is finished. Experience is communicated by small details intimately observed. -- Ernest Hemingway
Old age is somewhat like dieting. Every day there is less of us to be observed. -- Doris Grumbach
Everything in life that's any fun, as somebody wisely observed, is either immoral, illegal or fattening. -- P. G. Wodehouse
Happiness, it has been observed, is best achieved by those who have been most unhappy heretofore. -- Millard Kaufman
Order is never observed it is disorder that attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive -- Eliphas Levi
I tried telling him without telling him, through body language, and I observed he was unobservant. -- Jarod Kintz
If all our national holidays were observed on Wednesdays, we could wind up with nine-day weekends. -- George Carlin
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Order is never observed; it is disorder that attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive. -- Eliphas Levi
Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing observed -- John Searle
Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing observed. -- John Searle
Your world is very small. Your world is bundle of your experiences. Have you observed this? -- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The universe as we know it is a joint product of the observer and the observed. -- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The proper form of economy must be observed in building houses for each and every class. -- Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
First-order cybernetics is the science of observed systems; Second-order cybernetics is the science of observing systems. -- Heinz von Foerster
It was only about sixty years ago that the expansion of the universe was first observed. -- Michael Behe
I will not look at another's bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed. -- Gautama Buddha
Being a hero, the man had observed, is largely a matter of knowing oneâ??s cues. -- Lev Grossman
Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver. -- Markus Zusak
What physics looks for: The simplest possible system of thought which will bind together the observed facts. -- Albert Einstein
Empathy in broadest sense refers to the reactions of one individual to the observed experiences of another -- Mark H. A. Davis
When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory. -- Sun Tzu
The theory, hypothesis, framework, or background knowledge held by an investigator can strongly influence what is observed. -- Norwood Russell Hanson
Miracles' rely on their observer's ignorance. 'Perfection' relies on the observer's failure to notice the observed's defects. -- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
She obeys me, but only because she wants to. It's the only justification for obedience, Ged observed. -- Ursula K. Le Guin
The results of the divorce between truth and human beings can be most graphically observed in politics. -- Tom Stoppard
the less one does, as I long ago observed, the less one can find time to do. -- Jane Welsh Carlyle
Only mundanes say they're sorry when what they mean is "I share your grief,"' Jace observed. -- Cassandra Clare
Even at eleven, he had observed that things turned out right a ridiculous amount of the time. -- Stephen King
It isn't so much that hard times are coming; the change observed is mostly soft times going. -- Groucho Marx
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Christmas, when observed with the right spirit, still has the power to call miracles from Heaven to Earth. -- Richelle E. Goodrich
I long ago observed that the real beauty of the sound comes from the generosity of the heart. -- Marcel Moyse
I have never observed other effects of whipping than to render boys more cowardly, or more willfully obstinate. -- Michel de Montaigne
When I write after dark", observed Cyril Connolly, "the shades of evening scatter their purple through my prose -- Anne Fadiman
Instead of celebrating my birthday, it would be my proud privilege if 5 September is observed as Teachers' Day. -- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Another person's life, observed from the outside, always has a shape and definition that one's own life lacks. -- Pat Barker
Have you not observed that faith is generally strongest in those whose character may be called the weakest? -- Madame de Stael
Miles clutched Quinn's elbow. "Don't Panic." "I'm not panicking," Quinn observed, "I'm watching you panic. It's more entertaining . -- Lois McMaster Bujold
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise. -- Baron de Montesquieu
I have observed that society in general always seems to honor its living conformists and its dead troublemakers. -- Wayne Dyer
Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation. -- Samuel Richardson
Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin. -- Christian Nestell Bovee
The custom of the Church has very great authority and ought to be jealously observed in all things. -- Thomas Aquinas
Log Log Log (x) goes off to infinity with x, but has never been observed to do so. -- Carl Pomerance
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever. -- Jane Austen
I had observed people whose identity crises around race seemed analogous to other people's identity crises around gender. -- Jess Row
Dogs are happy with few things because they have already observed man who is unhappy with many things! -- Mehmet Murat ildan

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