In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects. Basil of Caesarea
A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs. Bernard Baruch
There are people who observe the rules of honor as one observes the stars, from a great distance. Victor Hugo
The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Hi is as albatross that observes the ocean. Hawaiian Proverb
A hungry man observes no taboos. Swahili Proverb