Obvious Quotes

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Don't concentrate on the obvious. They might want you to miss something else. — John Flanagan
No matter how well you think you've hidden, you'll always leave behind a trace. And the more you try to hide that trace, the more… — Gosho Aoyama
Haruhi: Whaddaya think I am?! The Twins: To us? Why that's obvious-- a toy! — Bisco Hatori
From what I could see, the hardwood was just fine. Then again, I'd just see a windmill and an open sky, too, never feeling the… — Sarah Dessen
You're alive!" Fezzik cried. The man in black sat immobile, like a ventriloquist's dummy, just his mouth moving. "That is perhaps the most childishly obvious… — William Goldman
There are many realities. There are many versions of what may appear obvious. Whatever appears as the unshakeable truth, its exact opposite may also be… — Amish Tripathi
It wasn't that she was different from all the other girls at Jackson. That was obvious. It was that she made me realize how much… — Kami Garcia
There was rarely an obvious branching point in a person's life. People changed slowly, over time. You didn't take on step, then find yourself in… — Brandon Sanderson
Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others. — Graeme Simsion
One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
It appeared to me obvious that the happiness of mankind should be the aim of all action, and I discovered to my surprise that there… — Bertrand Russell
If history offers no obvious solutions, however, it does at least provide the comfort of knowing that failure is nothing new. — Eamon Duffy
The problems with this world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who… — John F. Kennedy
Our job is obvious: we need to get out of the way, shine a light, and empower a new generation to teach itself and to… — Seth Godin
In the Middle Ages people believed that the earth was flat, for which they had at least the evidence of their senses: we believe it… — George Bernard Shaw
It is never to be expected in a revolution that every man is to change his opinion at the same moment. There never yet was… — Thomas Paine
One of the rules of history is that people do not write about what is too obvious to mention. And so the information, having never… — Michael Bywater
Creativity: Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to… — Bernard Baruch
If we win, someone else loses. But if someone else loses, we lose. Which is a point we're not getting. The new spirituality will make… — Neale Donald Walsch
To the question, "When were your spirits at the lowest ebb?" the obvious answer seemed to be, "When the gin gave out." — Francis Chichester

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