Obvious Quotes

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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
I think entrepreneurship is our natural state--a big adult word that probably boils down to something much more obvious like playfulness. — Richard Branson
Maintain a firm grasp of the obvious at all times. — Jeff Bezos
But once you allow yourself to recognize necessity, you find two things: One you find your options so restricted that the only course of action… — Steven Brust
Some of the greatest discoveries...consist mainly in the clearing away of psychological roadblocks which obstruct the approach to reality; which is why,post factum they appear… — Arthur Koestler
Take the classic experiment of using ordinary feedback: just take the output of something and feed it back into the input. Those of us who… — David Tudor
The Dreyfus Affair is an exceptional case. It's true that here and there you can find some dregs of anti-Semitism, but the situation is the… — Jean-Marie Le Pen
My parents often wondered why I would grow so indignant at the falsification and exploitation of the Nazi genocide. The most obvious answer is that… — Norman Finkelstein
Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery, rather than obvious description. — Robert Genn
I am at war with the obvious. — William Eggleston
I will always admit immediately to what's obvious, which is that Homo sapiens is inherently erotic or inherently sensual from birth. — Jock Sturges
A modern vegetarian is also a teetotaler, yet there is no obvious connection between consuming vegetables and not consuming fermented vegetables. A drunkard, when lifted… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It has become more and more obvious that there is one political party in America, and that is The Business Party. — Bill Hicks
It is perfectly obvious that the whole world is going to hell. The only possible chance that it might not is that we do not… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles, patient… — Jack Vance
Force yourself to write down what is of no interest, what is most obvious, most common, most colourless...antique shops, clothes, hi-fi, etc. Don't say, don't… — Georges Perec

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