Obvious Quotes

1416 Obvious quotes by 1124 unique authors

It is worth repeating at this point the theories that Ford had come up with, on his first encounter with human beings, to account for… — Douglas Adams
How aware are we of our own inner life, our spirituality-something so intangible yet so priceless? How much effort do we make to perceive that… — Daisaku Ikeda
Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people. — Haruki Murakami
I wasn't sure what I expected her to do or say to this. It was all new to me from that second on. But clearly,… — Sarah Dessen
The act of sending a letter is an act of generosity, even if, in retrospect, it might seem reckless. Why regret one's generosity? Why regret… — Joyce Carol Oates
It’s obvious you kids are smart-school and good teachers will do that for you-but wisdom is something altogether different. Wisdom can be gathered in your… — Andy Andrews
As a general rule of biology, migratory species are less 'aggressive' than sedentary ones. There is one obvious reason why this should be so. The… — Bruce Chatwin
When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up. — Bertolt Brecht
The wacky thing about those bad guys is that you can't count on them to be obvious. They forget to wax their mustaches and goatees,… — Jim Butcher
One of the world's most tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island,because people always answer "a deck of cards" or… — Daniel Handler
One of the the things she most liked about the city -apart from all its obvious attractions, the theatre, the galleries, the exhilarating walks by… — Julia Gregson
I am too inquisitive, too skeptical, too arrogant, to let myself be satisfied with an obvious and crass solution of things. God is such an… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I have always been resistant to doctrine, and any spirituality I had experienced thus far in my life had been much more abstract and not… — Eric Clapton
I have faith that God will show you the answer. But you have to understand that sometimes it takes a while to be able to… — Nicholas Sparks
There are stories, like maps that agree... too consistent among too many languages and histories to be only wishful thinking.... It is always a hidden… — Thomas Pynchon
The right thing isn't always real obvious. Sometimes the right thing for one person is the wrong thing for someone else. So...good luck figuring that… — Stephenie Meyer
One thing I know is that it is a bad idea to marry someone who had bad parents. If they hated their mother, if they… — Ellen Gilchrist
I said that I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your… — Anne Lamott
We ought not to be in too much of a hurry here to speak piously of God’s will and guidance. It is obvious, and it… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
So there are cakes and pillows and colors galore, but underneath this more obvious patchwork quilt are places like a quiet room where you can… — Alice Sebold
You know, honey, Natalie's expecting her second." I arched my eyebrows at my mother, not following the change of subject. "Second what? Mortgage? Conviction? Chance… — Rachel Vincent
I am learning to see. I don't know why it is, but everything enters me more deeply and doesn't stop where it once used to.… — Rainer Maria Rilke
That is one thing I've learned, that it is possible to really understand things at certain points, and not be able to retain them, to… — Ann Patchett
So I sent Halt to straighten matters out. Thought it might be a good idea to give him something to keep him busy." So what's… — John Flanagan
There's just something obvious about emptiness, even when you try to convince yourself otherwise. — Sarah Dessen

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