Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most Christmas carols have no obvious religious content, or at least that's noticeable to most people. I mean, it is almost by… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
repression, however, is not the most obvious characteristic of the sea; the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look. — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
It is obvious, in retrospect, to lean on those who love us most. With depression, in part because of the shame attached… — Andy Dunn Copy Share Image
The urge to escape our real self is also an urge to escape the rational and the obvious. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
What is... disturbing to me is that many of these pro-Israeli lawmakers sit on the House International Relations Committee despite the obvious… — Cynthia McKinney Copy Share Image
Obviously, Turkey is not a typical authoritarian regime, and obviously it's very important that there are free elections. But it's also obvious… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
The idea that musicians/artists have a responsibility to be community leaders or "role models" is problematic to me because I really believe… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
The obvious issue is providing clean drinking water and sanitation to every single human being on earth at the cost of little… — Bjorn Lomborg Copy Share Image
I'd overlooked the obvious because my focus had always been elsewhere! All along, this that I had been seeking was already here. — Brandon Bays Copy Share Image
That's good. I was worried. Of course, I do have a few things wrong with me, but those are strictly problems I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I find myself skeptical of music that forces you to have a certain experience, emotional reaction, or specific constructive arc of experience.… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
With the rise of capitalism, it became more obvious that people pursue individual self-interest. The great nationalist in Italy, Giuseppe Mazzini, a… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
It's pretty obvious that Western lifestyles which rely on gigantic amounts of electricity use up far more resources than a subsistence-based life.… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
I don't think the 9/11 attacks taught us anything we didn't already know about religion. It has long been obvious - even… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
Design cannot be heard or read, it must be seen. Design is the structural link between the customers and the product. Content… — Roger Black Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do the obvious role that you see in Hollywood most of the time, which is the heartbroken girl… — Gal Gadot Copy Share Image
The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions. — Bill Keller Copy Share Image
I think any time you have any kind of social ill, not just domestic violence...as much as it's about the act, the… — Malik Yoba Copy Share Image
It's always wise to raise questions about the most obvious and simple assumption — C. West Churchman Copy Share Image
In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Success is the study of the obvious. Everyone should take Obvious 1 and Obvious 2 in school. — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
It is obvious that mathematics needs both sorts of mathematicians, theory-builders and problem-solvers. — Timothy Gowers Copy Share Image
If everything is made so obvious that it asks nothing of the readers, then after a while, their ability to respond is… — Frances Clarke Sayers Copy Share Image
