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It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big.

Charles Garfield

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.

Benjamin Franklin

In his errors a man is true to type. Observe the errors and you will know the man.

Confucius

When in doubt, observe and ask questions. When certain, observe at length and ask many more questions.

George S. Patton

It is the theory that decides what we can observe.

Albert Einstein

If you would know a man, observe how he treats a cat.

Robert A. Heinlein

She did observe, with some dismay, that far from conquering all, love lazily sidestepped practical problems.

Jean Stafford

Propose to any Englishman any principle or instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed to find a difficulty, a defect, or an impossibility in it.

Charles Babbage

We were like heroes, to stand there and observe the police, and the police were scared to move upon us.

Bobby Seale

I was skeptical that the increase (in hurricane intensity) would be sufficient to observe by now ... (but) the increase has been much more than we would have guessed.

Kerry Emanuel

There's a complex number of requirements and document requirements that we are subjected to. They observe care. They interview residents. All in all, you do the best you can.

Pam Harmon

Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.

Hasidic Saying

It made it more difficult to easily visually observe whether a person had a clearance.

John Browne

I can't help but include some of the lighthearted stuff. I guess that's the way I observe things. My favorite saying is, 'If you're going to laugh about something later, you might as well start now.

Brad Paisley

You will observe a vast wasteland.

Newton N. Minow

Chandra has worked well for six years now. There is no reason why Chandra and Newton cannot continue to observe for another 10 or more years.

Dr. Niel Brandt

The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish.

Jacques Cousteau

The great thing about it is that you can be part of a team and observe what goes on to learn the truth and be as interactive as you like.

Jay Joseph

The reason we were able to observe it and determine the distance is because we were able to see the optical afterglow.

Guido Chincarini

The government will continue to observe maximum tolerance.

Roilo Golez

For all of us who observe B.C. politics, the Premier is off to a good start.

David Mitchell

Observe Everything. Communicate Well. Draw, Draw, Draw.

Frank Thomas

My son, observe the postage stamp! Its usefulness depends upon its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.

Josh Billings

We're going to be proactive. In schools, you treat things like medical doctors – you observe, diagnose, and prescribe.

John Balas

Policy makers will observe the effects of the revaluation on the economy and the degree to which it is digested. This is an adjustment period.

Ba Shusong

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

Bernard M. Baruch

GENTEEL, adj. Refined, after the fashion of a gent. Observe with care, my son, the distinction I reveal: A gentleman is gentle and a gent genteel. Heed not the definitions your 'Unabridged' presents, For dictionary makers are generally gents. G.J.

Ambrose Bierce

He bade me observe it, and I should always find, that the calamities of life were shared among the upper and lower part of mankind; but that the middle station had the fewest disasters.

Daniel Defoe

When things are going bad is when you sit back and observe and see how people react. The thing I enjoyed about it is nobody pointed fingers and when you go through a stretch like that, a lot of negativity can creep in and I didn't see that. I liked that, and you don't see that too much.

Joe Mcewing

Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.

Antisthenes

I think there is good reason to believe that if everything were open, fewer bad things could happen. So give everyone the tools to observe and communicate what is happening.

Seymour Papert

Her life will become a testimony to observe from a distance, and inspire us to fight for a better tomorrow.

Dujuan Smith

Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I am content to observe that there is evil, and that there is a way to escape from it, and with this I begin and end.

John Newton

I'm disappointed. But it's a rule that I must observe. I made such a basic mistake on a big occasion like this. It's all may fault.

Masahiko Harada

Nobody has been able to observe a large giant squid where it lives. There are people who said it would never be done.

Randy Kochevar

You see, but you do not observe.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Foreign companies will have to observe Chinese laws and regulations if they want to do business in China.

Chu Maoming

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

CONVERSATION, n. A fair to the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe those of his neighbor.

Ambrose Bierce

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

Hesiod

Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.

Alex Trebek

I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.

Mark Twain

Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of self-knowledge. Observe your discipline. Arise.

Bhagavad Gita

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

Julius Caesar

We're going to get out there and do the same thing we've always done: observe, spot and report. And we're not going to let up, no matter what anybody says.

Al Garza

Rarely, when we observe nature in the science classroom do we allow ourselves the freedom to employ both subjective and objective analysis.

Carolyn Rost

I can do nothing with the enemy save observe him.

John Buford

If you observe a really happy man, you will find... that he is happy in the course of living life twenty-four crowded hours each day.

W. Beran Wolfe

As the judicial procedure has started in Chile, Japan would like to observe that appropriate procedures are taken.

Yoshinori Katori

We have an independent witness coming with us to observe us. What a gig that is. I'd love to have his job.

John Taylor

People who are not Jewish and are attracted to Judaism should know that it's tough being Jewish. There are commandments in the Jewish faith that non-Jews simply don't have to observe.

Rabbi Neal Katz

What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.

Werner Karl Heisenberg

As many as one-third of all short gamma-ray bursts that we observe may come from merging neutron stars in globular clusters.

Jonathan Grindlay

On Valentine's Day, millions of men give millions of women flowers, cards and candy as a heartfelt expression of the emotion that also motivates men to observe anniversaries and birthdays: fear.

Dave Barry

We just don?t have a tank that?s been designed well enough to observe the process. We do know that they build very rapidly for a short while, and they probably go through about one house a day.

Rob Sherlock

The sea behind me has claimed a piece of your hearts and a lifetime of your tears. Something in your heart will always draw back to this sacred place. You have gathered to observe a dark day in history.

George Pataki

They're there to observe and to report back on what was said and that's it. That's the appropriate way to act.

Steve Sigmund

You can observe a lot just by watching.

Yogi Berra

We believe that the all-new ES 350 epitomizes Lexus' new design direction. Every element of this vehicle invites participation -- both visual and tactile. Its design is something drivers will need to experience and not just observe.

Bob Carter

If you are caught in traffic, you may get a headache. Observe the pain in your head but don't stop at the head. Slowly work down to your eyes, nose, ears and keep going.

Yudhi Widyantoro

It is the job of every institution and especially of Parliament to observe the law.

Alfred Moisiu

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Marilyn vos Savant

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

Henri Rousseau

The GCC will not intervene with the situation that is being faced by the Government and the military. The only thing we will do now is to observe what happens before we can plan what to do.

Ratu Ovini Bokini

We actually saw usage increase dramatically last January, and from what we've been able to observe so far this January, we've noticed it as much if not more.

George Brown

All people who observe bullying may not know what to do, but they feel bad. It affects all kids.

Jerry Misik

Observe that anyone who dies for his country is a fortunate man, but death takes what it wants, indiscriminately, in peace-time as well as in war. It is better to die with freedom than without it.

Haile Selassie

I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in, and not just casually observe. Whatever my part in it, just as an audience member, I find that exciting.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

I would go unannounced and observe. I would look to see if the children have activities. If the operation is clean. If everything looks safe. I would also check on our Web site.

Alma Garcia

The most logical explanation is that the scale of what we were actually able to observe on TV on Sept. 11 - planes crashing into buildings, buildings collapsing - were so visceral and immediate.

Bob Thompson

That's getting footage of a real sea monster. Nobody has been able to observe a large giant squid where it lives.

Randy Kochevar

The spacecraft has to be smart enough on its own to observe the comet, determine whether it's headed in the right direction, if not, make its own course correction, and then fire its thrusters to achieve that course correction.

Don Yeomans

But the most important prevention is for people to observe hygiene.

Omar Suleiman

I'm here to observe and support the senate.

Cade Bernsen

With rare exceptions, I feel strongly that McGovern's rule is an appropriate one for us all. The longer I live, the more I observe that carrying around anger is most debilitating to the person who bears it.

Katharine Graham

The main thing is you just want to stay out of everybody's way, just don't want to interrupt anything. More than anything, you just want to observe.

Marlon Anderson

Help-In-Crisis asks the communities to support our agency by attending one or both of the concerts as we observe October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Sandy Johnson

With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me, consider it in any way gratifying.

Frederick Law Olmsted

During their inspection, they were happy to observe that DMIS was custom-built and impressive with spacious and bright classrooms, large halls for various activities and a huge multipurpose auditorium.

Esme Vaz