Obvious Quotes

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But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment,… — C.S. Lewis
I weaned myself on the nostalgia equivalent of methadone (less addictive, less obvious, less likely to make you crazy): missing what I had never had. — Tana French
When someone starts to change, and it’s obvious, it's sort of natural to wonder why. Right? — Sarah Dessen
Oui, oui, he snapped with an obvious lack of awe. "Ding dong the demon's dead, now can we admire our delightful handiwork someplace where the… — Alexandra Ivy
In a world full of danger, to be a potentially seeable object is to be constantly exposed to danger. Self-consciousness, then, may be the apprehensive… — R. D. Laing
Like I've been sketched by an amateur artist: if you don't look too closely, it's all right, but start focusing and all the smudges and… — Lauren Oliver
The difference between a path and a road is not only the obvious one. A path is little more than a habit that comes with… — Wendell Berry
I didn't answer, but, please—nothing is obvious with boys. For such simple creatures, they are quite baffling. — Rick Riordan
You're a quiet, beautiful woman in a loud, ugly place. An orchid among weeds. You define obvious. — Lynn Viehl
If the essential core of the person is denied or suppressed, he gets sick sometimes in obvious ways, sometimes in subtle ways, sometimes immediately, sometimes… — Abraham Maslow
When we think about the present, we veer wildly between the belief in chance and the evidence in favour of determinism. When we think about… — Michel Houellebecq
The great thing about working out at a gym is that if you put in effort, you get very obvious results. The same should be… — Randy Pausch
What I wanted to do was to fasten my index finger and thumb at the bolts of your collar bone, push out, spread the web… — Jeanette Winterson
When a thing is new, people say: ‘It is not true.’ Later, when its truth becomes obvious, they say: ‘It is not important.’ Finally, when… — William James
even when peaceful cooperation is the obvious thing, the only thing that will keep any of us alive- There are still people who won't make… — Patrick Ness
The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in… — Alan Watts
We live with such easy assumptions, don't we? For instance, that memory equals events plus time. But it's all much odder than this. Who was… — Julian Barnes
I expected the illegible and the deeply buried in me to be read as if carved on my forehead, just as I expected the obvious… — Stephen Fry
I don't particularly believe all love is doomed. But I guess, one is usually kinda suffering from some aborted love affair or association, rather than… — Nick Cave
He glanced down at the blood-smeared cut on his side...and realized he wasn't wearing any clothing. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't realized… — Kelley Armstrong
Who are you?" "I am Death," said the creature. "I thought that was obvious." "But you're so small!" "Only because you are small. You are… — Catherynne M. Valente
He was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it any more obvious. He was a punk, she did ballet, what more can… — Avril Lavigne
Desires should never be justified,' Tehol said, wagging a finger. 'All you end up doing is illuminating the hidden reasons by virtue of their obvious… — Steven Erikson
We didn’t deny the obvious, but we didn’t entirely accept it either. I mean, we said hello to it each morning in the foyer. We… — Jeffrey McDaniel
I'm going to make the obvious point that maybe the word neurotic means the condition of being highly conscious and developed. The essence of neurosis… — Doris Lessing

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