Obvious Quotes

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I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be - not to have a 'career', but to be that… — Cynthia Ozick
In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration". — Alan Perlis
We are aware that it is said, that woman is virtually represented in Parliament, her interests being the same as those of man; but the… — Unknown Author
People ask me to describe how I play, and the most obvious answer is that I'm a jazz influenced guitar player. But I'm not a… — Larry Carlton
Remember: if the most unique ideas were obvious to everyone, there wouldnâ€™t be entrepreneurs. The one thing that every entrepreneurial journey has in common is… — Tory Burch
The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the cause of the destruction multiplied… — Edward Gibbon
The financial crisis has underscored how insufficient attention to fundamental corporate governance concepts can have devastating effects on an institution and its continued viability. It… — Unknown Author
It was obvious that their profits were simply cash borrowed from destiny with some random payback time. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Whether one eats a cat or not is a personal choice, and I don't want to sway anyone one way or another. But if you… — Mike Royko
As Day and other observers had reported, the slaves were leading very comfortable lives. After this tactic [slave rebellions in the South] failed, it became… — Eustace Mullins
You see, if the height of the mercury [barometer] column is less on the top of a mountain than at the foot of it (as… — Blaise Pascal
A thing is obvious mathematically after you see it. — Unknown Author
It science involves an intelligent and persistent endeavor to revise current beliefs so as to weed out what is erroneous, to add to their accuracy,… — John Dewey
The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. — Bill Gates
TV can play a role in delivering that emotion as well as the obvious ability to reach a lot of people quickly with that message. — Jill McDonald
No man can survey himself without forthwith turning his thoughts towards the God in whom he lives and moves; because it is perfectly obvious, that… — John Calvin
The Official Bulletin declared that the Poles should be as proud of me as the Germans are of Mozart; obvious nonsense. — Frederic Chopin
The world is perfect. As you question your mind, this becomes more and more obvious. Mind changes, and as a result, the world changes. A… — Byron Katie
One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child. — Randall Jarrell
When I saw how the European Union was developing, it was very obvious what they had in mind was not democratic. In Britain, you vote… — Tony Benn

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