Obvious Quotes

1416 Obvious quotes by 1124 unique authors

Still, most of those effects occur in the context of harmless play and it is patently obvious that children are not normally turned into aggressive… — Hugh Mackay
It is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won't be easy. — Ahmed Ben Bella
It's obvious we can't all be a Gully Foyle, but most of us energize at such a low level, so far short of our real… — Alfred Bester
Tablets generally have made it pretty obvious that magazines have a new lease on life. — Jeffrey Bewkes
Republicans are not going to play I-told-you-so, but it is pretty obvious that the tax reductions passed in 2003 helped Americans dig out of a… — Marsha Blackburn
I know about investment. It's really obvious - you buy property, let it sit for a couple of years and then sell it and reinvest. — Melanie Brown
Readers are made by readers - it is so obvious it is almost banal to say it. — Aidan Chambers
The general fact of surplus value, namely that the workmen does not get the full value of his labours, and that he is taken advantage… — Edward Carpenter
In art, the obvious is a sin. — Edward Dmytryk
My other Main Man is Muhamed Ali, for the obvious reasons. — Randy Castillo
I don't know how anyone could vote Republican. It's so obvious that their only interest is keeping the rich rich. — Vivian Campbell
As obvious as it sounds, I strongly recommend shopping at a specialty bike store. They are the experts, and they will be able to help… — Patrick Dempsey
I think it's pretty obvious to most people that Napster is not media specific, but I could see a system like Napster evolving into something… — Shawn Fanning
Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns. — Jeff Goodell
After immersing myself in the mysteries of the Electoral College for a novel I wrote in the '90s, I came away believing that the case… — Jeff Greenfield
When we come to images or memories or thoughts, speculation, while always closely related to practice, is more explicit, and it is in fact not… — Samuel Alexander
I don't think it ever does any harm in any business to feel that there is someone there who cares about it. If you look… — Andre Balazs
Events and developments, such as ... the Copernican Revolution, ... occurred only because some thinkers either decided not to be bound by certain "obvious" methodological… — Paul Feyerabend
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… — C.S. Lewis
I think that three-act fundamentalism in film culture is a problem sometimes, because it's almost too obvious, or it's too expected. And it's not the… — Jane Campion
I've had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from 'The Piano,' the obvious one, but it feels… — Jane Campion
When somebody says that all statements are false, the obvious problem is that as an assertion it's self-defeating. — Henry Flynt
The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach… — Lukas Foss
The thing with Bill Shatner is he brings something unique to everything he does. He's not the obvious choice for anything, but he always brings… — Justin Halpern
Guys are much more obvious than they think they are. — Katherine Heigl

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