Stating The Obvious Quotes

• One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious.

  Douglas Adams

  Habit, Found, Obvious

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.40, Pan Macmillan

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• Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Wonderful

  Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.194, Penguin

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• There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Inspirational, Hype, Deception

  Sherlock Holmes in "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" (1891).

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• Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people.

  Haruki Murakami

  People, Forgive Me, Forgiving

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• With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'

  John Ridley

  People, Politician, Obvious

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Next time I'll pat you on the freaking back for stating the obvious.

  James Dashner

  Next, Obvious, Next Time

  James Dashner (2013). “Maze Runner 3: The Death Cure”, p.55, Chicken House

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• It is now widely and rightly accepted that we live in a world which is more interdependent than ever before, and that problems are increasingly global in character. At the risk of stating the obvious, I would say that when governments realize that certain problems are beyond their powers, it is clear that the United Nations has an irreplaceable role to play.

  Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan

  Character, Play, Government

  Source: simerg.com

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• Donald Trump is taking flak from the media, establishment republicans and all the democrats for merely stating the obvious and the truth: Vladimir Putin is much more of a leader than President Obama.

  Ted Nugent

  Media, Leader, President

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• People have got to make their best calls in what they think about a case when they're covering it. But I do think the lesson there, and I guess stating the obvious, that oral argument can as often send a false signal as an accurate signal about where the thing is going.

  Donald Verrilli Jr.

  Thinking, People, Covering

  "Farewell to the General". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 28, 2016.

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• He's a winner. There's no doubt about that, and it's stating the obvious to say that he's a tremendous talent. 
  (on David Beckham)

  Kevin Keegan

  Doubt, England, Talent

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• Bush is good at stating the obviously untrue.

  Eleanor Clift

  Unfaithful, Untrue

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• Too bad we don't have a flashlight." "Thanks for stating the obvious, Mr. Thomas," Minho replied.

  James Dashner

  Thanks, Flashlights, Obvious

  James Dashner (2014). “The Maze Runner Series Complete Collection (Maze Runner)”, p.418, Delacorte Press

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• Um…” Simon started slowly “at the risk of stating the obvious I feel I have to point out that Interpol has the worldʼs best database of international criminals.” “Thatʼs the idea ” Gabrielle said with a nod. “And I feel compelled to remind you that weʼre international criminals ” he finished but Kat was already smiling. “Donʼt worry Simon. Itʼs not like anyone in there knows it was a bunch of teenagers who robbed the Henley.

  Ally Carter

  Teenager, Ideas, Worry

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• Progressive liberals seem incapable of stating the obvious truth: that we who are well off should be willing to share more of what we have with poor people not for the poor people's sake but for our own; i.e., we should share what we have in order to become less narrow and frightened and lonely and self-centered people.

  David Foster Wallace

  Lonely, Self, Order

  David Foster Wallace (2005). “Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays”, p.66, Hachette UK

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