You have no tail!" said Brightspot. her own whipped suddenly forward; she stared, first at it, then at Wilson."How do you manage?

Whoever came up with the term “Funny Bone” must have been a masochist, because hitting it is not funny at all…

It has been said that man at ten is an animal, at twenty a lunatic, at thirty a failure, at forty a fraud, and at fifty a criminal.

It's like it ain't so much what a fellow does, but it's the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.

Look around you...Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world.

Der Satiriker ist ein gekränkter Idealist: er will die Welt gut haben, sie ist schlecht, und nun rennt er gegen das Schlechte hin.

It was truly an abomination of nature that one always found the most comfortable spot in the bed five minutes before one had to leave it.

The stars up close to the moon were pale; they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon

You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your perception...you see what is, where most people see what they expect.

Every discovery in science and art, is due to the trained power of seeing things ... Keep your eyes open, your ears open ... Trace difficulties.

G. I. Gurdieff, "Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson"So-and-so-and-so-must-be; do-not-do-what-must-not-be. Mullah's favorite saying. p. 598

From good examples we learn how to be. From bad examples we learn how not to be. An observant and willing student can learn from any circumstance.

By taking elements you observe in life, you can develop qualities in your acting life that you don't ordinarily call upon in your personal life.

Unless one claim to be living in a way they are not, conceptualizing scenarios to send a positive message doesn't lessen one's authenticity.

In observation, one may see what the devil saying or doing against you and assume the sky is falling, but, to you, it's just fulfilling prophecy.