Obvious Quotes

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To reach only for that which pleasantly enchants you is the least of imagination, if even imagination at all, by the obvious reality of remaining… — Criss Jami
To lend money without interest, is certainly an action laudable and extremely good; but it is obvious, that it is only a counsel of religion,… — Baron de Montesquieu
It's the old case against symbols: if you get them, they seem obvious and artificial, and if you don't, you miss the whole point. — Wilfrid Sheed
I have left the obvious, essential fact to this point, namely, that it is the Russian Armies who have done the main work in tearing… — Winston Churchill
The "determinist" swears that if we knew everything we should also be able to deduce and foretell the conduct of every man in every circumstance,… — Paul Valery
The idea that there aren't mistakes made constantly in the judicial system is too obvious even to need to mention. — James Toback
That something so obvious as the vanity of the world should be so little recognized that people find it odd and surprising to be told… — Blaise Pascal
I want to keep working with people that care about what they're doing. It seems obvious, but it's not. It's sometimes hard to keep on… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best. — Al Yankovic
I don't ever want to do anything that's obvious, and I also want to find ways to do things that are extremely new and exciting… — Jack Antonoff
We have become a society that can't self-correct, that can't address its obvious problems, that can't pull out of its nosedive. And so to our… — Thomas Frank
To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate. — David Frum
I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking. — Teri Garr
I make a model of the site. There are some obvious things: where the entrance should be, where the cars have to go in. You… — Frank Gehry
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. — Khalil Gibran
The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply. — Khalil Gibran
The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious. — Andre Gide
If you start using a medication in a person with autism, you should see an obvious improvement in behavior in a short period of time.… — Temple Grandin
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. — Confucius
The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great variety of obvious things is an illusion natural to dull… — Charles Horton Cooley
If we think about the obvious long enough, it dissolves. — Mason Cooley
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they… — Calvin Coolidge
Britain's got talent, enormous talent; that's very obvious. — Simon Cowell
If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done,' it would have made me actually look and feel ridiculous.… — Simon Cowell
Being rich is a good thing. Not just in the obvious sense of benefitting you and your family, but in the broader sense. Profits are… — Mark Cuban

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