Careful Observation Quotes

See it all. See it fairly. Be truthful, be sensible and be careful with language. When nothing depends on man, everything depends on him.

When dealing with children there is greater need for observing than of probing

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.

Remember that the truth is in the details. No matter how you see the world or what style it imposes on your work as an artist, the truth is in the details. Of course the devil's there, too-everyone says so-but maybe truth and the devil are words for the same thing. It could be you know.

When you pay attention to detail, the big picture will take care of itself.

Guys pay extra attention to detail. They are looking at every little thing on the scouting report.

The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.

To find a new word that is accurate and different, you have to be alert for it.

I think in any writing you're paying attention to detail.

Knowledge is the intellectual manipulation of carefully verified observations.

Thinking is the place where intelligent actions begin. We pause long enough to look more carefully at a situation, to see more of its character, to think about why it's happening, to notice how it's affecting us and others.

I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.

Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.

When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not content with a single tour of inspection. The more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood, - a flourishing country should show its prosperity. "When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.

The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes.

Anything you attend to carefully can bring blessing.

But in love each moment is magnified, and every gesture, word and syllable is examined like a speech by the President.

General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room; but they are therefore to be made with the greater care and caution, lest, if we take counterfeit for true, our loss and shame be the greater when our stock comes to a severe scrutiny.

Take a second look, you might have not seen it all.

Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.

It takes a person of great care and insight to watch for any abnormality in the green grass even while it grows abundantly and healthily.

As adults, we've seen so much before that we often turn the pages of a picture book without really looking. Young children tend to look more carefully.

Some of my understanding of what philosophy and ethics is has changed very slowly. One thing that has changed is this for quite a long time I bought-into the idea that philosophy is basically about arguments. I'm increasingly of the view that it isn't. The most interesting things in philosophy aren't arguments. The thing that I think is underestimated is what I call a form of attending. I think that philosophy is at least as much about carefully attending to things as it is about the structure of arguments.

The more instances we examine, and the more care we employ, the more assurance shall we acquire, that the enumeration, which we form from the whole, is complete and entire.

The audience loves it when you pay attention to details.