Obvious Quotes

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Obvious is the most dangerous word in mathematics. — Eric Temple Bell
Within weeks of our premiere, it became obvious that Leonard [Nimoy] and the character of Spock were becoming something of a national phenomenon. ... And… — William Shatner
So much of what we try to do is get to a point where the solution seems inevitable: you know, you think "of course it's… — Jonathan Ive
And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For if truth be… — David Hume
You are me, and I am you. Isn't it obvious that we "inter-are"? You cultivate the flower in yourself, so that I will be beautiful.… — Nhat Hanh
Today, it is imperative to end this hysteria, to refute the rhetoric of the Cold War and to accept the obvious fact: Russia is an… — Vladimir Putin
Perhaps the best argument...that the Big Bang supports theism is the obvious unease with which it is greeted by some atheist physicists. At times this… — Unknown Author
I don't know why people are so reluctant to say they're feminists. Could it be any more obvious that we still live in a patriarchal… — Ellen Page
What can be seen on earth points to neither the total absence nor the obvious presence of divinity, but to the presence of a hidden… — Blaise Pascal
There is no doubt that man is a competitive animal and there is no place where this fact is more obvious than in the ring.… — Rocky Marciano
I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for… — George Bernard Shaw
The purpose of our creation is obvious: to reach our utmost goals of belief, knowledge, and spirituality; to reflect on the universe, humanity, and God,… — Fethullah Gulen
There is enough oil in the ground to deep-fry the lot of us, and no obvious means to prevail upon governments and industry to leave… — George Monbiot
We must endure our thoughts all night, until the bright obvious stands motionless in the cold. — Wallace Stevens
In sum, the truth is that we luxuriate in the comfortable assertion that women enjoy equality. We have salved our consciences by eliminating the more… — Bob Hawke
It's instructive to consider the more spectacular and well-known falls from grace of leaders in the public eye... In the main, the issues behind these… — Peter Cosgrove
...it is quite obvious that the temperature change during the last 100 years or so includes significant natural changes, both the linear change and fluctuations.… — Syun-Ichi Akasofu
No society ever seems to have succumbed to boredom. Man has developed an obvious capacity for surviving the pompous reiteration of the commonplace. — John Kenneth Galbraith
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate, and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told. — Dale Carnegie
No one can write a best seller by trying to. He must write with complete sincerity; the clichÃ©s that make you laugh, the hackneyed characters,… — W. Somerset Maugham

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