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Observation Quotes - Page 3

To find out what happens to a system when you interfere with it you have to interfere with it (not just passively observe it).

To find out what happens to a system when you interfere with it you have to interfere with it (not just passively observe it).

George E. P. Box, George C. Tiao (1985). “The collected works of George E.P. Box”, Chapman & Hall/CRC

Those who cannot themselves observe can at least acquire the observation of others.

Benjamin Disraeli (1846). “Contarini Fleming: A Romance”, p.78

Wrong hypotheses, rightly worked from, have produced more useful results than unguided observations.

Augustus De Morgan (1872). “A Budget of Paradoxes Reprinted, with the Author's Additions, from the Athenaeum Augustus De Morgan”, p.55

Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth.

Peter Brian Medawar (1969). “Induction and intuition in scientific thought”

You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.

"House Music: Mos Def". Interview with Spank Rock, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 29, 2009.

The plan of salvation as stated in the Bible can be seen through observation of the universe around us.

Hugh Ross (1989). “The Fingerprint of God: Recent Scientific Discoveries Reveal the Unmistakable Identity of the Creat”, p.117, BookBaby

I was taken to the hospital for observation. I stayed several days, didn't observe anything, and I left.

George Carlin (2007). “The Best of Brain Droppings”, p.82, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.

Edmund Burke (1792). “Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London, Relative to that Event: In a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in Paris”, p.175

You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.

"Billy West: The Many (Cartoon) Voices In His Head". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. July 15, 2010.

Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience.

"As I See it: The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty". Book by Jean Paul Getty, Getty Publications, p. 106, 2003.