Best 8 quotes in «observational quotes» category

She did draw and paint and did both diligently, but possessed modest talent. She didn't mind. Her gift and passion lay in the observation and recognition of talent and beauty, whether it was found in the work of an Italian master or the profile of a viscount-to-be.

Most people can perceive the obvious outside appearance of things, but to go deeper, piercing the surface of appearance, is the real skill of a sage.

The only ironic thing about that song is that it's called 'Ironic' and it is written by a woman who doesn't know what irony is. That's quite ironic when you think about it. (on Alanis Morissette's 'Ironic')

She didn't use the misery of others to cultivate her own smugness, true, but at least I didn't go about eating all their food.

The book is quite serious and quite funny. (Most novels are.)

the smartest man in the room doesn't visit many rooms.

We live in a uniform civilization, within well-defined cultural models: furnishings, decorative elements, blankets, record player have all been chosen among a certain number of given possibilities. What can they reveal to you about what she is really like?

One way or another, we all fight for what we believe in. Doesn't that give us some common ground?