#observe

As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future. ↗

— Alison Lurie

#europe #future #living #must #observe

To make democracy work, we must be a notion of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain. ↗

— Louis L'Amour

#democracy #does #make #must #notion

If I'm in a social situation sometimes I'll hang back and observe people but I feel very much a part of things most of the time and feel very comfortable socializing and have for most of my life. ↗

— Tobey Maguire

#comfortable #feel #hang #i #i feel

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#africa #america #asia #ask #britain

I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own young children were to turn away from the church when they grow up. I am also a critic of Christianity, if by critic one means an observer who brings historical and literary judgment to bear on the texts and traditions of the church. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#am #away #bear #brings #children

It's not an Israeli model, it's a TSA, screwed-up model. It should actually be the person who's looking at the ticket and talking to the individual. Instead, they've hired people to stand around and observe, which is a bastardization of what should be done. ↗

— John Mica

#around #done #hired #individual #instead

Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#away #could #emotion #grab #i

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#fool #i #observed #seem #should

It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#considered #cut #decisive #language #observed

We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses. ↗

— Maria Montessori

#create #education #giving #means #observation