If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results. — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
Obscurantism is the academic theorist's revenge on society for having consigned him or her to relative obscurity - a way of proclaiming… — David Lehman Copy Share Image
“One cannot see from the clouded sky, even the sky is close to the eyes.” — Suman Pokhrel Copy Share Image
I myself, a professional mathematician, on re-reading my own work find it strains my mental powers to recall to mind from the… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
Still, the change is nearly indescribable - going from total obscurity to walking down a street in New York and having everybody… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
But it is true that sometimes an enveloping darkness aids one to clearer vision; as in a panorama building, for example, where… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
Obscurity in writing is commonly an argument of darkness in the mind. The greatest learning is to be seen in the greatest… — John Wilkins Copy Share Image
media saturation is probably very destructive to art. New movements get overexposed and exhausted before they have a chance to grow, and… — Joyce Johnson Copy Share Image
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste it's fragrance on the desert air. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I wanted to drag Shakespeare from obscurity. I've been a fan my whole life. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Here I beg you to observe in passing that the scruples that prevented ancient writers from using arithmetical terms in geometry, and… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
I entirely agree with you about the obscurity of Mrs Browning's line about the stars. It is far-fetched. She wanted to express… — Marie Corelli Copy Share Image
There are minerals called hydrophanous, which are not transparent till they are immersed in water, when they become so; as the hydrophane,… — Roswell Dwight Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. I am… — Robert Emmet Copy Share Image
She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise And very few… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
It's a culture shock to go from obscurity to notoriety in a flash. Its more to it than talent and money; its… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
As touching the gods, I do not know whether they exist or not, nor how they are featured; for there is much… — Protagoras Copy Share Image
For this is the truth about our soul, he thought, who fish-like inhabits deep seas and plies among obscurities threading her way… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
The devil is no fool. He can get people feeling about heaven the way they ought to feel about hell. He can… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
It{California} is the land where the fabled Aladdin's Lamp lies buried-and she {San Francisco} is the new Aladdin who shall seize it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who perform great feats before friendly crowds. Greatness in major league sports is the… — George Allen Copy Share Image
... the sciences are like a beautiful river, of which the course is easy to follow, when it has acquired a certain… — Lazare Carnot Copy Share Image
