#observation

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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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

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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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One finds the truth by making a hypothesis and comparing observations with the hypothesis. ↗

— David Douglass

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Truth in science is always determined from observational facts. ↗

— David Douglass

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I saw, in looking over Cooper, elements of a comet of 1825 which resemble what I get out for this, from my own observations, but I cannot rely upon my own. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

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I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill today from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce the places, and mean to work hard again tonight. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

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