#observation

In the end, they pardoned me and packed me off to a home for the shell-shocked. Shortly before the end of the war, I was discharged a second time, once again with the observation that I was subject to recall at any time. ↗

— George Grosz

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Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. It will expand forever, getting emptier and darker. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

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Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. ↗

— J. D. Hayworth

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We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more? ↗

— Chris Rock

#everyday-life #funny #humor #observational-comedy #funny

Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

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Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. ↗

— Claude Bernard

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The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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