I always feel like my book is a success when I see a child reading it, and they have their pointer finger out, and they kind of keep their place as they look all around the page. I've always been impressed by how children are so observant.
Most writers' view of the New West is either phony - obsessed with the same tired mythology - or it's obsessed with anti-mythology,. . . There's not a lot of realistic, observant writing about the West right now.
[On art:] I believe that it not only enriches the spiritual life, but that it makes one more sane and sympathetic, more observant and understanding, regardless of whatever age it springs from, whatever subjects it represents.
Human beings, each one, right through the world, go through great agonies, the more sensitive, the more alert, the more observant, the greater the suffering, the anxiety, the extraordinary sense of insoluble problems.
I always felt that the most common thread in my life from when I was young until now has been a highly observant, very analytical mind.
The observant Jew has his own sense of values. Torah Judaism is his blueprint for this life, his target for existence.
Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and islands up and down the littoral of our life.
So take care of your life and take notice and be observant, for the number of widows is always far greater than the number of widowers.
God calls himself "Baseer" [Observant], so that the knowledge that He is watching you may keep you from sinning.
On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.
I am an observant Jew! Now my secret is out.
Experience has shown that the more fascinating the subject, the less observant the photographer.
Opportunities? They are all around us. . . There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.
For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.
My nature is orderly and observant and scrupulous and deeply introverted.
The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.
Whether youre trying to learn in hockey or trying to learn in life, Ive always tried to be observant and tried to learn more, tried to evolve, whether its as a hockey player or as a person. With each year, I try to do that.
The real is near, you do not have to seek it; and a man who seeks truth will never find it. Truth is in what is - and that is the beauty of it. But the moment you conceive it, the moment you seek it, you begin to struggle; and a man who struggles cannot understand. That is why we have to be still, observant, passively aware.
I'm not a perfectionist. I'm just very observant.
My family was totally non-religious. There was no question we were Jewish, but we were not observant.
