#observed

It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#been #begin #casualty #first #lie

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#during #especially #fools #give #idiots

The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

#coming #day #freshly #observed #off

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#got #i #never #observed #rules

I am opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges lest the progress of improvement tomorrow might be embarrassed or shackled by recording or registering as law the prejudices or errors of today. ↗

— Isambard K. Brunel

#bridges #conditions #construction #down #embarrassed

Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#just #least #observed #proportion #sense

Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author? ↗

— Philip Gilbert Hamerton

#author #ever #more #much #observed

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

#artificial #attached #banks #been #both

I spoke bluntly about what I had seen in a little over a year as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. To the apparent surprise of many in the room, I observed publicly that insider trading appeared to be rampant. ↗

— Preet Bharara

#apparent #appeared #attorney #bluntly #district

With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools. ↗

— Glenn Close

#because #being #difficult #ego #fools