Overt Quotes

57 quotes by 55 authors

One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main… — J. J. Abrams
Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions, and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us. — Daniel Ellsberg
It is time enough, for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere [in the propagation of religious teachings] when principles break… — Thomas Jefferson
We can be consicous of how we tend to ignore or escape anguish rather than understand and accept it. We can be aware that even… — Stephen Batchelor
I would just be constantly writing all these zingers - like, 'Burn. That would really get her.' And I know people are going to obsess… — Taylor Swift
It is amazing to observe how many psychologists and psychiatrists have accepted this sort of propaganda, and have come to believe that homosexual males and… — Alfred Kinsey
However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize… — Ed Markey
Sexiness should not be overt. Something shapeless that drapes across your hip, hangs off the shoulder; something that cowls in the front, drapes low in… — Rachel Zoe
The organizers first job is to create the issues or problems, and organizations must be based on many issues. The organizer must first rub raw… — Saul Alinsky
There are subtle ways and overt ways of alienating a child from a parent, but either way it's evil — Dennis Prager
It is very easy to make clear what you want a film to say, but I did not wish to engage in overt propaganda, even… — Godfrey Reggio
Evil doesnâ€™t have to be an overt act; it can be merely the absence of good. If you have the ability, the resources, and the… — Yvon Chouinard
One of the basics of a good system of innovation is diversity. In some ways, the stronger the culture (national, institutional, generational, or other), the… — Nicholas Negroponte
Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spirituality through an overt expression of inner convictions. — Randa Abdel-Fattah
It is the essence of the institutions of liberty that it be recognized that guilt is personal and cannot be attributed to the holding of… — Charles Evans Hughes
You begin to realize that hypocrisy is not a terrible thing when you see what overt fascism is compared to sort of covert, you know,… — Arundhati Roy
It is inconceivable that a secret arm of the government has to comply with all the overt orders of the government. — James Jesus Angleton
To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms exclusively, ignoring his overt behavior altogether, is a greater distortion… — Willard Gaylin
The simplest and most satisfactory view is that thought is simply behavior - verbal or nonverbal, covert or overt. It is not some mysterious process… — B.F. Skinner

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