(518 quotes found)
“Science is simply common sense at its best - that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic”
Thomas Henry Huxley
“It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big”
Charles Garfield
“Any measurement must take into account the position of the observer. There is no such thing as measurement absolute, there is only measurement relative.”
Jeanette Winterson
“The only freedom that is of enduring importance is the freedom of intelligence, that is to say, freedom of observation and of judgment, exercised in behalf of purposes that are intrinsically worth while. The commonest mistake made about freedom is, I think, to identify it with freedom of movement, or, with the external or physical side of activity.”
John Dewey
“Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree (for all forbid us to steal, murder, plunder, or bear false witness), and that we should n”
Thomas Jefferson
“A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.”
“If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.”
Sir Robert Baden-Powell
“The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish”
Jacques Cousteau
“Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is the most interesting when one can observe the evolution of a single man.”
Shana Alexander
“Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.”
Louis Pasteur
