I need not instruct you of my belief: Time gives all and takes all away ; everything changes but nothing perishes ;… — Giordano Bruno Copy Share Image
Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Written forms obscure our view of language. They are not so much a garment as a disguise. — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
Maybe it's just, I've always been to the less traveled places, in any topic, whether it's history, I always like to just… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
“The conventional use of words and of narrative structure is deliberately subverted in decadent fiction; language deviates from the established norms in… — Asti Hustvedt Copy Share Image
The truth is that the phenomena of artistic production are still so obscure, so baffling, we are still so far from an… — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
The mathematician who is without value to mathematicians, the thinker who is obscure or meaningless to thinkers, the dramatist who fails to… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
[Raymond Roussel] said that after his first book he expected that the next morning there would be a kind of aura around… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“On rare occasions there comes along a profound original, an odd little book that appears out of nowhere, from the pen of… — E. J. Banfield Copy Share Image
“Your dreams are like the market grounds; their locations really matter. If you keep hiding your potentials out of sight, you may… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Hipsters seek refuge in church, Our Lady of Perpetual Subculture. There is some discussion as to whether or not they are still… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Since the fabric of the universe is most perfect and the work of a most wise Creator, nothing at all takes place… — Leonhard Euler Copy Share Image
There are not that many people who know how to edit. It's a funny tiny little obscure talent but it's very special.… — Helen Gurley Brown Copy Share Image
Carlsen came with a line that was not very theoretical, trying to challenge the World Champion to play chess. [...] But Anand… — Alejandro Ramirez Copy Share Image
Tradition is only democracy extended through time; it may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
When the history of the 20th century is written, there are going to be some pretty obscure people who are entitled to… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
I do very few standards. Hardly any. Other people's tunes that I do are usually obscure tunes, for the most part, although… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
This is a valley of ashes--a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Humanity unceasingly strives forward from a lower, more partial and obscure understanding of life to one more general and more lucid. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“When shrouded meanings and grim intentions are nicely polished up and pokerfaced personae are generously palming off their fantasy constructs, caution is… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Clinging uncritically to traditional ideas and beliefs often serves to obscure or deny real facts of our life history. — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Obscure shadows on the mind are much scarier than the dark shadows of the night. — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image