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Obvious Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- There are no variations except for those who know a norm, and no subtleties for those who have not grasped the obvious.
- Besides being complicated, reality, in my experience, is usually odd. It is not neat, not obvious, not what you expect.
- I never fully understood it till my friend Professor Tolkien asked me the very simple question, 'What class of men would you expect to be…
- A woman means by Unselfishness chiefly taking trouble for others; a man means not giving trouble to others...thus, while the woman thinks of doing good…
- A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist…
- Remember He is the artist and you are only the picture. You can't see it. So quietly submit to be painted---i.e., keep fulfilling all the…
- But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment,…
More Obvious Quotes
- 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… — 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,… — Charles Babbage
- All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences, a fact… — 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,… — 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'… — Douglas Adams
- God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for me? My… — 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… — Xavier Becerra
- To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it… — 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