Obvious Quotes - Page 7

• It is well-nigh obvious that those who are in favor of the death penalty have more affinities with murderers than those who oppose it.

  Remy de Gourmont

  Favors, Death Penalty, Affinity

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• Even as a young man, Vito Corleone became known as a "man of reasonableness." He never uttered a threat. He always used logic that proved to be irresistible. He always made certain that the other fellow got his share of profit. Nobody lost. He did this, of course, by obvious means. Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.

  Mario Puzo

  Mean, Men, Competition

  1969 The Godfather, bk.3, ch.14.

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• I think it is obvious that people repeat acts that are shown on the television or the screen and I wouldn't want to inspire any violence on anyone.

  Mackenzie Astin

  Thinking, People, Inspire

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• If it were only a few degrees, that would be serious, but we could adapt to it. But the danger is the warming process might be unstable and run away. We could end up like Venus, covered in clouds and with the surface temperature of 400 degrees. It could be too late if we wait until the bad effects of warming become obvious. We need action now to reduce emission of carbon dioxide.

  Stephen Hawking

  Running, Clouds, Waiting

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• The same individuals who are doing primary research in the role of humans on the climate system are then permitted to lead the [IPCC] assessment! There should be an outcry on this obvious conflict of interest, but to date either few recognize this conflict, or see that since the recommendations of the IPCC fit their policy and political agenda, they chose to ignore this conflict. In either case, scientific rigor has been sacrificed and poor policy and political decisions will inevitably follow.

  Roger A. Pielke

  Assessment, Decision, Political

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• For it is obvious to everybody, I think, that this study [of astronomy] compels the soul to look upward and leads it away from things here to higher things.

  Plato

  Thinking, Soul, Looks

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• To describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of respectability. To describe this film as a piece of crap would be to run the risk of a discourse that would never again rise above the excremental. To describe it as an exercise in facile crowd-pleasing would be too obvious. Fahrenheit 9/11 is a sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely disguised as an exercise in seriousness.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Running, Exercise, Risk

  "American right vows to settle score as Bush's nemesis turns up the heat" by Lawrence Donegan, Paul Harris, www.theguardian.com. June 26, 2004.

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• It's obvious that if you're going to play a character you need to amass information about that person and about their environment or their era that they're in and use as little or as much as necessary

  Cillian Murphy

  Character, Play, Littles

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• I know people look at me and try to make conclusions about me immediately, based on the obvious, let's say.

  John Lone

  People, Trying, Looks

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• You can curl up in the fetal position and try to wish away all the things that need doing, or you can get started on that uphill battle to reclaim your life. The difficulty isn’t what choice to make, because that part is obvious. The difficulty lies in finding the energy and inspiration to make the right choice.

  Noel Fisher

  Lying, Inspiration, Choices

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• A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it.

  Jean Anouilh

  Genius, Understood, Know How

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• When observers look back 50 years from now, the arguments supporting Florida's ban on same-sex marriage, though just as sincerely held, will again seem an obvious pretext for discrimination.

  Robert Lewis Hinkle

  Sex, Gay, Florida

  "Federal judge strikes down Florida's ban on same-sex marriage". www.foxnews.com. August 21, 2014.

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• Work and self-worth are the two factors in pride that interact with each other and that tend to increase the strong sense of pride found in superior work teams. When people do something of obvious worth, they feel a strong sense of personal worth.

  Dennis F. Kinlaw

  Teamwork, Strong, Educational

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• And I reminded myself that it's easy to be grateful for the obvious blessings in life, much harder to be grateful for the tough moments and the lessons they teach.

  Celia Rivenbark

  Grateful, Blessing, Lessons

  Celia Rivenbark (2009). “You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning”, p.164, Macmillan

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• How many times have you struggled with the interpretation of certain Biblical texts related to the time of Jesus' return because they did not fit with a preconceived system of eschatology? Russell's Parousia takes the Bible seriously when it tells us of the nearness of Christ's return. Those who claim to interpret the Bible literally, trip over the obvious meaning of these time texts by making Scripture mean the opposite of what it unequivocally declares. Reading Russell is a breath of fresh air in a room filled with smoke and mirror hermeneutics.

  Gary DeMar

  Jesus, Reading, Mean

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• I wish more people would belabor the obvious, and more often.

  Ibn Warraq

  People, Wish

  Ibn Warraq (2010). “Why I Am Not a Muslim”, p.189, Prometheus Books

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• Gunn would be an important figure-rewarding, delightful, accomplished, enduring-in the history of English-language poetry even were his life not as fascinating as it now seems; he would be an important figure in the history of gay writing and in the history of transatlantic literary relations even were his poetry not so good as it is. With his life as it was and his works as they are, he's an obvious candidate for a volume of retrospective and critical essays, and this one is first-rate.

  Stephen Burt

  Writing, Gay, Important

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• It is obvious that while science is struggling to bring Heaven to earth some men are using its materials in the construction of Hell.

  Herbert Hoover

  Struggle, Science, Men

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• Beyond the emotionalism and the obvious sense of relief on all sides, I think that there is a recognition that reality may intrude, that perhaps the steps ahead and the days ahead are going to be much more difficult than one expects.

  Hanan Ashrawi

  Reality, Thinking, Relief

  "World reacts to Mideast agreement". www.cnn.com. October 23, 1998.

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• Men who are engaged in public life must necessarily aim at reducing opposition to a minimum, and one of the most obvious means to that end is by misrepresenting, discrediting or ruining their opponents.

  Frederick Scott Oliver

  Mean, Men, Political

  Frederick Scott Oliver (1934). “Politics and politicians”

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• There is no doubt that man is a competitive animal and there is no place where this fact is more obvious than in the ring. There is no second place. Either you win or you lose. When they call you a champion, it's because you don't lose. To win takes a complete commitment of mind and body.

  Rocky Marciano

  Commitment, Wrestling, Animal

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• Perhaps the best argument...that the Big Bang supports theism is the obvious unease with which it is greeted by some atheist physicists. At times this has led to scientific ideas...being advanced with a tenacity which so exceeds their intrinsic worth that one can only suspect the operation of psychological forces lying very much deeper than the usual academic desire of a theorist to support his or her theory.

  Christopher Isham

  Atheist, Lying, Ideas

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• The purpose of our creation is obvious: to reach our utmost goals of belief, knowledge, and spirituality; to reflect on the universe, humanity, and God, and thus prove our value as human beings.

  Fethullah Gulen

  Wisdom, Islamic, Goal

  M. Fethullah Gülen (2010). “Toward Global Civilization Love Tolerance”, p.168, Tughra Books

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• Today, it is imperative to end this hysteria, to refute the rhetoric of the Cold War and to accept the obvious fact: Russia is an independent, active participant in international affairs. Like other countries, it has its own national interests that need to be taken into account and respected.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Powerful, War

  Vladimir Putin “VLADIMIR PUTIN: Munich”, ITBM

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• No one can write a best seller by trying to. He must write with complete sincerity; the clichés that make you laugh, the hackneyed characters, the well-worn situations, the commonplace story that excites your derision, seem neither hackneyed, well worn nor commonplace to him. ... The conclusion is obvious: you cannot write anything that will convince unless you are yourself convinced. The best seller sells because he writes with his heart's blood.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Writing, Heart, Character

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