Evident Quotes

391 Evident quotes by 339 unique authors

If we have free will, by definition we cannot be granted it. We can't be given it. My [-audio-recording-distorted-] paradox states that 'Of course we… — Christopher Hitchens
Robin is a handsome ephebic boy, usually shown in his uniform with bare legs. He is buoyant with energy and devoted to nothing on earth… — Fredric Wertham
Sadly the very thing that strikes us as obvious always defeats our thinking about it in more penetrating ways: just as the Romans said that… — Kenny Smith
It is perfectly evident...that to thank the Lord in all things is not merely a courtesy, it is a commandment as binding upon us as… — Marion G. Romney
Once infected, the individual [infected with a god virus] cannot detect major contradictions in his beliefs and behavior. Belief systems become self-evident to him, and… — Darrel Ray
It was evident however that the lawyers would have to have their say....This also opened up a vista both lengthy and obscure. — Winston Churchill
It is evident that in the period designated as that of the kings, when Rome commenced her career of conquest, she was, for that time… — Goldwin Smith
I see,... and with the deepest affliction, the rapid strides with which the federal branch of our government is advancing towards the usurpation of all… — Thomas Jefferson
It is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God, and come down after such… — John Calvin
Rights are not self-evident. They're not unalienable. They are subject to modification just like anything else. — Alan Dershowitz
The Constitution supposes what the history of all governments demonstrates, that the executive is the branch of power most interested in war and most prone… — Richard M. Nixon
We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days… — Francis Parkman
The object is evident in the name of the discipline. Similarly, theology (theologia) is the study of God. The object of theology is not the… — Michael Horton
We can use techniques in modifying things, in controlling things, but the first impulse has to be something that you simply cannot make just out… — Leo Ornstein
Democracy tends to ignore, even deny, threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed to counter them," explained Revel. "It awakens only… — Jean Francois Revel
It is evident that our conversion is sound when we loathe and hate sin from the heart. — Richard Sibbes
The animal lacks both anxiety and hope because its consciousness is restricted to what is clearly evident and thus to the present moment: the animal… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Not only in geometry, but to a still more astonishing degree in physics, has it become more and more evident that as soon as we… — Hermann Weyl
The negative impact of population growth on all of our planetary ecosystems is becoming appallingly evident. — David Rockefeller
The relentless note of incipient hysteria, the invitation to panic, the ungrounded scenarios - the overwhelming and underlying desire for something truly terrible to happen… — Adam Gopnik

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