A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it. Frederick Douglass
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others. Edward abbey
Now I'm writing about contemporary Los Angeles from memory. My process was to hang out, observe, research what I was writing about, and almost immediately go back to my office and write those sections. So it was a very close transfer between observation and writing. Michael Connelly
One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge.Alfred Nobel
The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision. Bruce Barton
The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men - the man he is and the man he wants to be. William Feather