Obvious Quotes

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It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. — Isaac Asimov
Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some… — Saint Augustine
The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. — Marcus Aurelius
That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle… — Charles Babbage
All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences, a fact which is obvious… — Roger Bacon
I'm a registered Independent. But my brother says it's obvious that I'm a Republican sympathizer. Once I get in the voting booth, it doesn't matter. — Stephen Baldwin
It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very… — Douglas Adams
God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for me? My limbs work, so… — Drew Barrymore
Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious. — Charles Baudelaire
I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this… — Xavier Becerra
To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction. — Joseph Addison
One of the things it was obvious you could do with an online store is have a much more complete selection. — Jeff Bezos
Here at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we… — Joe Biden
Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of… — Edward de Bono
A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar. — Anita Brookner
Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end… — Dan Brown
It looks to me to be obvious that the whole world cannot eat an American diet. — Jerry Brown
I've been asking myself: 'Why put together these things - CDs, albums?' The answer I came up with is, well, sometimes it's artistically viable. It's… — David Byrne
The subtle generational cues that make one thing cool and another uncool aren't always obvious to a parent. My children are my dinner-table sounding board.… — Nolan Bushnell
My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The… — Jimmy Carter

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