Obvious Quotes

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I always thought that the badge a cop has was more like the shield that Captain America has. It's an obvious sign of good and… — Judd Nelson
Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is… — Corin Nemec
Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose? — Howard Nemerov
Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it. — Thandie Newton
I have met many entrepreneurs who have the passion and even the work ethic to succeed - but who are so obsessed with an idea… — Kevin O'Leary
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. — George Orwell
All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own… — George Orwell
People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people… — Dolly Parton
I've never asked for special treatment along the way. And I'm never going to hide the fact that I'm a girl, ever. That's obvious, isn't… — Danica Patrick
A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out characteristics which have not been obvious to… — Hesketh Pearson
America's demographic shift was obvious to everyone in the 2010 Census - but Republicans stubbornly rejected math, facts, and polls to their electoral peril. While… — Christine Pelosi
The hidden harmony is better than the obvious. — Pablo Picasso
The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded. — Franklin Pierce
Nowadays people talk about PayPal's founders as prescient geniuses who would inevitably change the world. It was, however, not so obvious that PayPal would taste… — Eric Ries
If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious victim… — Diego Rivera
It's obvious that I come down on the side of free speech for anybody's work. — Salman Rushdie
Never assume the obvious is true. — William Safire
They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in… — Arthur Schopenhauer
No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious. — George Bernard Shaw
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is just perfect in 'Veep.' She gets to show off the spiky claws beneath her patrician finesse. The obvious way to play 'Veep'… — Rob Sheffield
What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, and a… — Herbert Simon
Perhaps not as badly applied and not as obvious, but for thousands of years, people have worn makeup on stage. — Robert Smith
Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and… — Tony Snow
Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected. — George Soros
Yeah, I had gay friends. The first thing I realized was that everybody's different, and it becomes obvious that all of the gay stereotypes are… — Bruce Springsteen

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