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 the investigation of the obscure. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
I would stand, If the night blackened with a coming storm, Beneath some rock, listening to notes that are The ghostly language of the ancient… — William Wordsworth
Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure, and intimate when he is rich and famous. — Ambrose Bierce
For my own part, my belief in the perfection of the Deity will not permit me to believe that a book so manifestly obscure, disorderly,… — Thomas Paine
The first step to wisdom is to avoid the common fallacy which considers everything profound that is obscure — Gregory Nunn
Silence is the most obscure sound Ive ever heard. Those lonely giant spaces inbetween your every word. And maybe Im totally crazy for holdin on.… — Micheal Larsen
As a rule, the man who first thinks of a new idea is so much ahead of his time that everyone thinks him silly, so… — Ash Sweeney
He doesn't know the world at all who stays in his nest and doesn't go out. He doesn't know what birds know best, nor what… — Unknown Author
No cream in the world can hide the ugliness of bad character, and no blemish can obscure the beauty of good character. — Omar Suleiman
I mean, most of it is probably more obscure and just more noisy than either of those two bands, but Thurston has stuff all the… — Kim Gordon
If you want music that speaks to you, that LISTENS to you, you have to go out of your way, which I enjoy actually. I'm… — Trevor Dunn
A doctrine capable of being stated only in obscure and involved terms is open to reasonable suspicion of being either crude or erroneous — Frederick Pollock
Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes — Victor Hugo
God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of… — Neil Gaiman
The truest human is the one whose conduct proceeds from goodwill and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self control is equal to all… — Markesa Yeager
I remember obscure / Never a man to love others did not care about their life / lives of others today do not care about… — Mak_786
Divers things we agree to be knowledge, which yet are so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood by our imperfect intellects, that let them be delivered… — Robert Boyle
We get very few of he true images in our heads of the kind I am talking about, the kind which become more and more… — Robert Penn Warren
Fear of the unknown leaves adoptees paralyzed in a bewildered state of trepidation, quietude, and foreboding angst...openmouthed, impotent and powerless to act decisively or rationally,… — Judith Land
There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth — Hussein Nishah
Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee, While the world's tide is bearing me along; Sterner desires and darker hopes beset me, Hopes… — Unknown Author
When, in some obscure country town, the farmers come together to a special town meeting, to express theiropinion on some subject which is vexing to… — Henry David Thoreau
Using their communicative skills, Geminis adapt to any situation they encounter. However, they must learn to speak with candor instead of simply repeating what others… — Unknown Author
Had we sent down unto thee (muhammad) (actual) writing upon parchment, so that they could feel it with their hands, those who disbelieve would have… — Quran

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