Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us enough discomfort with the status quo to make a change.
Any observations from the Moon or a sense of realising this or that about the greater meaning of things wasn't as influential for me as the experience of coming back and dealing with being a person who's been to the Moon.
Even when one is doing well, one still worries that things might go badly again in the future. This is an old observation based on human experience.
It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy.
Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark.
I was always an observer, even as a child. I could be satisfied to sit in a car for 3 hours and just look at the street go by while my mother went shopping.
Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.
It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.
The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and were sometimes marked by a piquancy not common in official documents.
Washington is not a city that takes great pride in being a healthy place, necessarily. Now, I have no data. That's just my own observation.
Nature is good at connectivity. The impact of diverse human activities is observed and absorbed throughout nature. Everything is linked. Nature has no problem with coherence. Ecosystems react with their own logic.
It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.
IT may be proper to observe further, that this Duty is not confined to those who live under any one particular Form of Government: It extends to the Subjects of all regular States, lawfully established.
I am incredibly bad at predicting the future; I am only smart enough to observe the present and listen to my intuition about tendencies.
What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others.
I didn't go to school a full year until I was 11 or 12, so I lived in books. I really was an observer of life.
I'm very observant and very instinctive. In life, you have to have the vulnerability to accept when you are to blame. And I do have that, and I am open enough to say it.
I was an observer. I liked to listen rather than openly express myself. This trait is something that I've retained over the years.
I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions.
I can do nothing with the enemy save observe him.
The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you.
