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"The rule which should guide us in such cases is simple and obvious enough: that the aggregate testimony of our neighbours is subject to the same conditions as the testimony of any one of them."

William Kingdon Clifford, English Mathematician

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"No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Obvious, Question

"There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

Obvious, Vanity

"If we think about the obvious long enough, it dissolves."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety."

Isaac Asimov, American Scientist

Obvious, Reputation

"To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Obvious, Question

"That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along."

Madeleine L'Engle, American Novelist

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"Most of the research which is done is determined by the requirement that it shall, in a fairly obvious and predictable way, reinforce the approved or fashionable theories."

Celia Green, British Author

Obvious, Research, Theories

"If we win, someone else loses. But if someone else loses, we lose. Which is a point we're not getting. The new spirituality will make this just painfully obvious."

Neale Donald Walsch, American Author

Obvious, Spirituality, Will

"What can I do, I asked myself, that is so spectacular that no one will be able to say he had seen it before? The answer was perfectly obvious. I would send a midget up to bat."

Bill Veeck, American Businessman

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"I see no reason for recording the obvious."

Obvious, Reason

"There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing. I can always return to Bach when the other records weary me."

Nothing,

"My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea."

Change, Idea, Eye, Eyes

"Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be."

Work, Hardwork, Photography, Recreation

"Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual."

Reason, Will

"Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk."

Photography, Consulting, Gravity, Laws, Rules

"I was extravagant in the matter of cameras - anything photographic - I had to have the best. But that was to further my work. In most things I have gone along with the plainest - or without."

Work,

"Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection."

Photography, Consulting, Fact, Law, Laws

"Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately."

Age, Ideas, Mind, Painting