Obvious Quotes
1416 quotes by 1124 authors
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I figured something out," he said aloud. "The future is unpredictable." Hassan said, "Sometimes the kafir likes to say massively obvious things in a really…
— John Green
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When it seems humanly impossible to do more in a difficult situation, surrender yourself to the inner silence and thereafter wait for a sign of…
— Paul Brunton
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That Hegelian dialectics should provide a wonderful instrument for always being right, because they permit the interpretations of all defeats as the beginning of victory,…
— Hannah Arendt
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When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regardless of evidence. Let it be…
— Orson Scott Card
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As Alaska zipped through something obvious about linear equations, stoner/baller Hank Walsten said, "Wait, wait. I don't get it." "That's because you have eight functioning…
— John Green
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That's good. I was worried. Of course, I do have a few things wrong with me, but those are strictly problems I keep inside. I'd…
— Haruki Murakami
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Watching a make-out while wrapped in a blanket with a guy she wanted to make out with made her feel exposed. Obvious. Transparent. Like her…
— Lisi Harrison
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It was obvious that the matter had to be settled, and evasions were distasteful to me.
— Jules Verne
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God, was I going to have another day of painful thoughts jumping me every time I relaxed? The obvious solution—to just not relax—was kind of…
— Lilith Saintcrow
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well i think its quite obvious that if you're going to rely on something to carry your wishes, you might as well know where exactly…
— Cecelia Ahern
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And for all he had learned to bandage himself up on the outside, the wound remained just as bad and deep as the moment it…
— J R Ward
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It has occasionally been remarked upon that it is as easy to overlook something large and obvious as it is to overlook something small and…
— Neil Gaiman
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Isabelle," she said, lightening her tone with an obvious effort, "your loyalty to your friend is understandable --" "He's not my friend." Isabelle looked over…
— Cassandra Clare
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Because I-I'm someone who wants to kiss you. Be with you." Eli says as if it is obvious, as if I know what is written…
— Elizabeth Scott
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Selection is the very keel on which our mental ship is built. And in this case of memory its utility is obvious. If we remembered…
— William James
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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement. ... The conventional big-bosomed blonde is not mysterious. And what…
— Alfred Hitchcock
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There was nothing mean about his voice. In fact it was almost too nice. Like she was too dim to grasp whatever was so obvious…
— Lauren Kate
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Commitment. That's what it's all about. Taking that convenant together. Bonding yourselves for all eternity. Isn't that what we are all looking for? Maybe Alexander…
— Ellen Schreiber
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The metaphor is so obvious. Easter Island isolated in the Pacific Ocean — once the island got into trouble, there was no way they could…
— Jared Diamond
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Um…†Simon started slowly “at the risk of stating the obvious I feel I have to point out that Interpol has the worldʼs best database…
— Ally Carter
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