Noticing Quotes

We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.

It can be a fascinating game, noticing how any person with vitality and vigor will have a little splash of red in a costume, in a room, or in a garden.

There is something of the same pleasure in noticing the hues of the stars that there is in looking at a flower garden in autumn.

There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing.

As you help those in need, selfishness will fall away. And, without even noticing you will find your own fulfillment.

So I think I sometimes will put a cliche in and then just pad it out so you're not noticing.

I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.

There is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye.

Kindness always starts with noticing the needs and hurts of others.

It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to.

Somehow I reached excess without ever noticing when I was passing through satisfaction.

It is easy to study the rules of overloading and of templates without noticing that together they are one of the keys to elegant and efficient type-safe containers.

What if it were true that nature speaks in signs and that the secret to understanding its language consists in noticing similarities in shape or in form?

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it, and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

Singing wasn't a reality for me, until other people started noticing I sounded good.

I hope you find, as I did, that happiness comes from noticing and enjoying the little things in life.

I'm always astonished to see how badly people can behave when they think no one is noticing.

It's not a question of getting the opportunities, it's a question of noticing that opportunities are there.

After a few months you stop noticing every incarnation of radicalism and violence. It is so saturated into your reality that it practically fades into the scenery.

Writing is the art of repeating oneself without anyone noticing.

What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page of one than I'd learned in seven years or so of trying to write criticism

I’m ALIVE. Thinking about it, noticing it, is new. You do things and don’t watch. Then all of a sudden you look and see what you’re doing and it’s the first time, really.

What I've been noticing is people coming up to me and going, 'Are you an actor?' which is cool. That's ultimately what I want.

The quickest way to stop noticing something may be to buy it, just as the quickest way to stop appreciating a person may be to marry them.

You think she is pretty?' Will was surprised; Jem rarely opined this sort of thing. 'Yes, and you do too.' 'I hadn't noticed, really.' 'Yes, you have, and I've noticed you noticing.

Ladies' hearts are like china on a mantelpiece. There are so many of them, and it is so easy to break them without noticing.

We're good at noticing sudden movements of middle size objects in our immediate visual field, but what is out of sight is for us is largely out of mind.

Note to self: When noticing flyaway hairs, do not use lip gloss as an 'on-the-go' hair gel.

I'm not trying to be coy, but I think everyone notices these things like skin color but some people are more aware that they are noticing them than others, maybe. If that makes sense.

You don't know, but I'm noticing.

We're forever focusing upon our differences, and never noticing how much we're all alike.

In Necessary Marriage, I tried to repeat entire phrases without the reader noticing. My work doesn't have the rigor of music, but I hope it alludes to it.

Some people have no original ideas because they do not think well enough of themselves to consider their ideas worth noticing and developing.

I laugh at weird times - at good and bad things alike. I laugh simply when things are incongruous. It's not necessarily a judgment - as it is noticing the oddity of something.

When my daughter was a senior in high school, I remember noticing, almost in passing, that her friends were very cute. Which made me realize her friends' fathers probably found Molly very cute.

Notice, notice; let noticing take the place of screaming.

Everybody improvises without noticing it. Life is about improvising. You can't control what happens in your life, I mean, you don't know what can happen in your life today. So you somehow improvise.

You could drive past it without noticing and from what I understand, you ought to.

I just want the pleasure of noticing these things at a safe distance.

The part I enjoy most is not the doing, but the noticing.

There was a moment, late into the season, where I was noticing I was darkening a little bit at night. I was like, 'It will be nice when the show is over for the season. I need a vacation.'

I'm very good at noticing talent. I knew he was special then and obviously he is now.

I think poetry involves heightened noticing or imagining as well as creating a certain made shape. On the other hand, that shape can be made just by pointing at something and saying, "That's a poem".

He shook his head and eyed Roarke. "You don't look like a cop." "I'm not and thank you for noticing.

I'm about going out in the world and noticing stuff, and going home and writing it down, and putting it next to other stuff I've noticed and seeing what happens.

When you start noticing even a small portion of all there is to be grateful for, you'll find there is no room for lack, hurt, or want. The attitude of gratitude: the great, full feeling.

When you focus on what you have, your ABUNDANCE increases. I started with my breath. Noticing being alive is a good start!

Although, pretending not to notice is almost worse than noticing.

I'm certainly hoping that 3D gets to the point where people do not notice it because once they stop noticing it, it just becomes another tool and an aid to help tell a story.

The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are.