Obvious Quotes

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When I read students’ attempts at creative writing it is obvious immediately that most of them have not read much or widely. The aspiring writer… — Julius Lester
Does a bibliophile ever have enough room on his shelves? The answer is obvious: get more shelves. — Will Thomas
The biggest takeaway for anyone seeking to write is this: don't go looking for the way other authors do their work. You won't find many… — Seth Godin
First the truth is ridiculed. Then it meets outrage. Then it is said to have been obvious all along. — Arthur Schopenhauer
One life on this earth is all that we get, whether it is enough or not enough, and the obvious conclusion would seem to be… — Frederick Buechner
If a girl understands your BS, sticks with you through your mistakes, smiles even when you've done nothing for her, it's obvious she's a keeper.… — Lil Wayne
So you're six years old, you're reading 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves,' and it becomes rapidly obvious that there are only two kinds of… — Emily Levine
You can get so well educated in America that your thoughts become detached from common sense. You can get so complicated in your thinking that… — Peggy Noonan
John Terry is the perfect skipper. It's obvious Chelsea means everything to him. When he makes those last ditch blocks, team-mates can't help but be… — Kasey Keller
If I have this child? Why wasn’t it obvious to me that I already had a child, who was growing inside of me? Once you… — Abby Johnson
The obvious is the hardest thing of all to point out to anyone who has genuinely lost sight of it. — Owen Barfield
An artist who is inspired is being obvious. He’s not making any decisions, he’s not weighing one idea against another. He’s accepting his first thoughts. — Keith Johnstone
If something seems possible, that's probably because someone is already doing it. When something seems that it can't possibly work, nobody tries it. Real innovation… — Joel Spolsky
Every time you go the way the audience expects, they'll think you're original. People laugh with pleasure at the obvious. — Keith Johnstone
Violence, and evil, doesn't always come dressed in black, and it doesn't always look like Charles Manson. Nor does it always come to us as… — Derrick Jensen
There is no mystery whatever — only inability to perceive the obvious. — Wei Wu Wei
As a German citizen, as a German professor, and as a political person, I hold it to be not only my right but also my… — Kurt Huber
When I wrote War Against the Mafia as a Vietnam statement, I didn't expect much to come of it-but quite a bit came and it… — Don Pendleton
I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references. — Carlisle Floyd
It should come as no surprise to readers of the MAPS Bulletin that psychedelic plants are used as a sacrament by many native cultures all… — Rick Doblin
The main, as well as the least obvious, achievement of the Middle Ages was the creation of the experimental spirit and this was primarily due… — George Sarton
Determine where you are going and how you will get there will become obvious. — Marshall Sylver
Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and just start singing whatever… — Bobby McFerrin
I think it's obvious that the psychedelics are demonized and illegalized by our society because somewhere in our society are controlling minds that realize that… — Graham Hancock
Peace is one of the most obvious earmarks of the authority of Christ. A sense of peace will virtually always accompany His will and direction,… — Beth Moore

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