Spotting Quotes

#1. In most languages, 'control' is the first synonym for the word 'manage.' Control is about spotting and correcting deviations from pre-defined standards; thus to control, one must first constrain.

Gary Hamel

#2. Linc was so amazed at what he saw and heard, This is sooo cool. I love this place. This looks way better than a day spotting weird people at Walmart.

S.W. Lothian

#3. Things you'd never even seen with Finn could remind you of him, because he was the one person you'd want to show. "Look at that," you'd want to say, because you knew he would find a way to think it was wonderful. To make you feel like the most observant person in the world for spotting it.

Carol Rifka Brunt

#4. What are you still doing up?"
I twisted around, spotting Hayden in the doorway. "Watching the ... uh," I turned back, frowning at the screen, "the ... way tigers mate." I sighed. Damn you, Discovery Channel.

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#5. The genealogy of fictional characters can become an obsession, like train-spotting, and should be firmly resisted.

Tariq Ali

#6. I have lived one step away from losing my mind for years. I am quick and accurate in spotting unstable streaks in others.

Charlaine Harris

#7. I love gentiles. In fact, on of my favorite activities is Protestant spotting.

Mel Brooks

#8. Glass shot an irritated glance at Red, who had an uncanny knack for spotting problems and an utter inability for crafting solutions.

Michael Punke

#9. Spotting a rare bird is never worth the bite of a cur. Once bitten by a German shepherd, I knew that I preferred cats, even if they are bird-killers. Life is long enough for more than one chance at a rare bird.

James D. Watson

#10. The chief excitement in a woman's life is spotting women who are fatter than she is.

Helen Rowland

#11. Writers acquire their technique by spotting, savoring, and reverse-engineering examples of good prose.

Steven Pinker

#12. But this girl, she lived in a bubble, and seeing her out at a frat party was like spotting a unicorn.

Ilsa Madden-Mills

#13. Part of the kick of making people laugh was doing something different. We were a rare breed - spotting one of us was like pinning a space alien, or abdominal snowman. There were maybe a hundred stand-ups in the whole country when I was doing it.

Lenny Bruce

#14. As far as the Internet is concerned, we're not talking about closing the Internet. I'm talking about parts of Syria, parts of Iraq, where ISIS is, spotting it.

Donald Trump

#15. Spyglasses, as Lipperhey called telescopes, whether they're in the form of spotting scopes, spyplanes, or reconnaissance satellites, are more than simple instruments or tools. They beget infrastructures and geographies.

Trevor Paglen

#16. Some of the most revolutionary new ideas come from spotting something old to leave out rather than thinking of something new to put in.

Douglas Adams

#17. The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is such a wonderfully flexible form.

Penelope Lively

#18. The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment.

Martha Beck

#19. I call it a threat." He checked to ensure the door was locked before making himself comfortable on the chair. "Hey, it's Friday night, let's go out." "Your sneakers are filthy." I scowled, spotting muddy tracks on the floorboards. "What do you expect, your backyard is mucky.

Cathrina Constantine

#20. I've made my life's work spotting assholes. And you know, I think it's harder now than ever before because there's so many socially acceptable ways to exhibit a pathological lack of empathy.

Merrill Markoe

#21. Well, that should do it," the man replied. "Oh, and I did put a small camera in your office, just to square things up. It's hidden, so you won't have to worry about somebody spotting it.

Diana Palmer

#22. Spotting talent is one of the essential elements of great leadership.

David McCullough

#23. Ledoux's face was pebbled with mosquito bites. Forget the Cutter's and that means every needle-nose bug in the woods spare-changing you for blood like cornerboy hustlers spotting a strung-out Kennedy trying to score on Seventh. Like you got plenty to give.

Daniel Woodrell

#24. I have prayed for years for one good humiliation a day, and then, I must watch my reaction to it. I have no other way of spotting both my denied shadow self and my idealized persona.

Richard Rohr

#25. As an engineer I'm constantly spotting problems and plotting how to solve them.

James Dyson

#26. Looked around for Grandma, spotting her and Dougie hiding behind a car on the opposite side of the street. They were wearing Super Suits and they had bath towels pinned around their necks like capes.

Janet Evanovich

#27. There were no ashtrays and no sign of my philosophic cowpoke. I sensed he had been heading this way and most likely, spotting the spanking new paint job, just kept on going. I looked around. Nothing to hold me here, either, not even the dried carcass of a dead bee.

Patti Smith

#28. It was just the same as spotting the scaffolding in other writers' books. Awareness of construction didn't diminish her pleasure, only added to it.

Kate Morton

#29. Science doesn't have all the answers, but it is good at spotting the important questions when they are camouflaged against a background of common sense.

Richard Dawkins

#30. In London, the home of the quick deal is that outer ring of the seven circles of hell, Tottenham Court Road, where, as a rule, finding something with an advertised price is as likely as spotting a mermaid under Vauxhall Bridge.

David Hewson

#31. In New York, everybody looks great and is well dressed, but seeing someone in Ohio wearing Marc Jacobs is like spotting an owl in Central Park. Rare.

Isabel Gillies

#32. Great managers know they don't have 10 salespeople working for them. They know they have 10 individuals working for them . A great manager is brilliant at spotting the unique differences that separate each person and then capitalizing on them.

Marcus Buckingham

#33. The idea that literary theorists killed poetry dead because with their shrivelled hearts and swollen brains they are incapable of spotting a metaphor, let alone a tender feeling, is on of the more obtuse critical platitudes of our time.

Terry Eagleton

#34. I like reflecting the culture I understand best, spotting the idiosyncrasies of British people and revealing them to an audience in a way that amuses is what I find fun.

Jim Broadbent

#35. Not sure what to do next, I stepped back outside, spotting my sister up ahead, still flirting with Drael. Would I be expected to behave thus when I was betrothed? I hoped not; the thought made me shudder.

Cayla Kluver

#36. Spotting the same car three times could have been a coincidence. Kim Kardashian's boobs could be real, too, and that's about as likely.

Jonathan Maberry

#37. Lured by the wilderness, and by the chance of spotting rare desert elephants, a few intrepid tourists make their way to the Skeleton Coast each year. It's just about as remote as any tourist destination on earth, but one that pays fabulous dividends.

Tahir Shah

#38. I will be forever grateful to Dora Brooking, for not only spotting my light bulb but also helping me turn up the wattage.

Simon Pegg

#39. The point came when people were doing things I didn't feel competent to do myself. I'm not being modest; I honestly get lost. I was lucky in spotting what I did when I did, but there comes a point where you realise what you're doing is not going to be much good.

Peter Higgs

#40. The urban myth that carrots are good for your eyesight originated in wartime disinformation, intended to stop the Nazis wondering why the British were getting so good at spotting raiding bombers.

Ian Stewart

#41. Before you ridicule, remember somebody on a railway platform who seems to be train spotting may actually be writing poetry.

John Hegley