Ability Quote by Oscar Wilde

Obviousness is always the enemy of correctness.

— Bertrand Russell

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

— Quintilian

“In the study of ideas, it is necessary to remember that insistence on hard-headed clarity issues from sentimental feeling, as if it were a…

— Alfred North Whitehead

In the study of ideas, it is necessary to remember that insistence on hard-headed clarity issues from sentimental feeling, as it were a mist,…

— Alfred North Whitehead

Being misunderstood is grievous but worse still is telling all you know just because the facts would vindicate you.

— Lorinda Frankenberry

It is the first duty of a hypothesis to be intelligible.

— Thomas Huxley

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

— Anatole France

“A person’s conclusions can only be as solid as the information on which they are based. Thus, a person who is exposed to almost…

— Thomas Gilovich

“Obviousism—I would give you a definition, but the definition would only be an example of the word.”

— Jarod Kintz

It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.

— Alfred North Whitehead

People used to say obvious things ironically or as a form of understatement, but in the last few decades they seem to say it…

— Kevin Hearne

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath…

— Jeremy Taylor