Quotes of: Obvious Keyword

I usually do get to play the very sweet, charming roles... but I'm not an obvious kind of villain.

Jacki Weaver

The majority of photographers focus on the obvious. They believe and accept what their eyes tell them, and yet eyes know nothing.

Duane Michals

Bad art is always basically creepy; that is its first and most obvious identifying sign

John Gardner

Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger

If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.

Barney Oliver

Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.

George Soros

One of the most obvious parts of my character is the smile, and if I wasn't comfortable in myself then I wouldn't be able to smile so much.

Max Walker

I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references.

Joanna Newsom

I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.

Janis Ian

The world of the Takers is one vast prison, and except for a handful of Leavers scattered across the world, the entire human race is now inside that prison. [...] Naturally a well-run prison must have a prison industry. I'm sure you see why." "Well.....

Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

The sooner we associate long hours and multitasking with incompetence and carelessness the better. The next time you hear boasts of executives pulling an all-nighter or holding conference calls in their cars, be sure to offer your condolences; it's g...

Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril

The obvious can sometimes be illuminating when perceived in an unhabitual way.

Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.

The Laws of Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life

I didn't answer, but, please—nothing is obvious with boys. For such simple creatures, they are quite baffling.

The Throne of Fire

 You amaze me and its hard for me to turn away and make it not so obvious that I'm looking at you.

Shailee J-N

The most obvious things are often right there, but you don't think about them because you've narrowed your vision.

Steven Levitt

The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences.

Shigeru Miyamoto

Perhaps not as badly applied and not as obvious, but for thousands of years, people have worn makeup on stage.

Robert Smith

The idea that other perspectives exist may not be obvious to those who are in an emotional state of mind.

Nabil N. Jamal

As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs.

Charles Francis Richter

There are two methods in software design. One is to make the program so simple, there are obviously no errors. The other is to make it so complicated, there are no obvious errors.

Tony Hoare