Obscure Quotes

374 Obscure quotes by 323 unique authors

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision. — Joseph Joubert
Bob Dylan has always sealed his decisions with the unexplainable. His motives for withholding the release of the magnificent 'Basement Tapes' will be as forever… — Jon Landau
Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficult, elephants and poodles find many things obscure. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication… — Henry Miller
When I was growing up, I was the most pretentious person I have ever met. I only read obscure books and watched obscure movies and… — Unknown Author
The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer. — Edward R. Murrow
Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece. — Vladimir Nabokov
I wanted to play football or be a boxer, but my dad didn't want that because of all the impact. But in 1992 I was… — Apolo Ohno
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. — Blaise Pascal
In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it… — Edgar Allan Poe
I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure. — Vikram Seth
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose… — Sydney Smith
Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and… — Arthur Hays Sulzberger
No further evidence is needed to show that 'mental illness' is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated, but… — Thomas Szasz
The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and… — Bill Watterson
Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. — William Wordsworth
It’s a pity if someone… has to console himself for the wreck of his days with the notion that somehow his voice, his work embodies… — Leonard Cohen
It is above all in the present democratic age that the true friends of liberty and human grandeur must remain constantly vigilant and ready to… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The truth was obscure, Too profound and too pure, To live it you had to explode — Bob Dylan
Nothing discernible to the eye of the spirit is more brilliant or obscure than man; nothing is more formidable, complex, mysterious, and infinite. There is… — Victor Hugo
There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends itself foot by foot in the darkness against the fatal invasions of necessity and dishonesty. Noble… — Victor Hugo
What better occupation, really, than to spend the evening at the fireside with a book, with the wind beating on the windows and the lamp… — Gustave Flaubert
During the Qin Dynasty, all books not relating to practical concerns such as agriculture or construction were ordered burned by the emperor to guard against… — Max Brooks
You — you strange — you almost unearthly thing! — I love as my own flesh. You — poor and obscure, and small and plain… — Charlotte Bronte

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