Obvious Quotes

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Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead. — James Joyce
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards. — Arthur Koestler
Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words. — Alfred Korzybski
That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along. — Madeleine L'Engle
Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well. — Annie Leibovitz
Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values. — Christopher Lasch
Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky. — Fran Lebowitz
My issue with the state of women became incredibly stimulated when I was visiting developing countries and it became obvious that women bore the brunt… — Annie Lennox
I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious. — Daniel Day-Lewis
The obvious issue is providing clean drinking water and sanitation to every single human being on earth at the cost of little more than one… — Bjorn Lomborg
The nativism behind the push to repeal or amend the Fourteenth is ugly and obvious. — Eric Liu
In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human… — Wangari Maathai
None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part… — Harvey Mackay
Jim Bakker spells his name with two k's because three would be too obvious. — Bill Maher
Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman… — William Moulton Marston
A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in… — Karl Marx
It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious that… — Alice Miller
A new poll shows that Senator Kerry's support in the South is strongest amongst blacks. Kerry's appeal to Southern blacks is obvious. He is a… — Dennis Miller
Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning. — Henry Miller
Eating smart is all about having an awareness of your body. The most obvious way to do that is by seeing it. So when you're… — Marisa Miller
The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences. — Shigeru Miyamoto
There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly. — Michel de Montaigne
Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I love to do,… — Jason Mraz
The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer. — Edward R. Murrow
The first thing that is not obvious to people is global warming is a less-than-1% effect. It's like being shortchanged at the bank by a… — Nathan Myhrvold

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