Quotes by Obscurity I wanted to drag Shakespeare from obscurity. I've been a fan my whole life. Joss Whedon obscurity drag fans Avoid an unusual and unfamiliar word just as you would a reef. Julius Caesar reefs unusual obscurity Well, you can implement a Perl peek() with unpack('P',...). Once you have that, there's only security through obscurity. Larry Wall obscurity security wells I hate set dissertations,--and above all things in the world, 'tis one of the silliest things in one of them, to darken your hypothesis by placing a number of tall, opake words, one before another, in a right line, betwixt your own and your readers conception. Laurence Sterne obscurity hate numbers Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. Lionel Trilling obscurity advantage understanding Obscurity is the kingdom of error. Luc de Clapiers obscurity errors kingdoms Obscurity is the realm of error. Luc de Clapiers obscurity errors mistake "Can any good come out of Nazareth?" This is always the question of the wiseacres and the knowing ones. But the good, the new, comes from exactly that quarter whence it is not looked for, and is always different from what was expected. Everything new is received with contempt-for it begins in obscurity. It becomes a power unobserved. Ludwig Feuerbach obscurity different knowing There's nothing more horrifying than the possibility or the idea that you will just fade away into obscurity. Marc Maron obscurity possibility ideas What we have not had to decipher, to elucidate by our own efforts, what was clear before we looked at it, is not ours. From ourselves comes only that which we drag forth from the obscurity which lies within us, that which to others is unknown. Marcel Proust obscurity effort lying Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality. Martin Luther King, Jr. obscurity wise men The origins of poetry are clearly rooted in obscurity, in secretiveness, in incantation, in spells that must at once invoke and protect, tell the secret and keep it. Mary Ruefle obscurity protect secret Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living. Mark Twain obscurity happiness life Still, the change is nearly indescribable - going from total obscurity to walking down a street in New York and having everybody turn and look; to feel the temperature of a room change when I walked in. Matt Damon obscurity new-york looks Fame is fickle, but Obscurity is usually faithful to the end. Mason Cooley fickle faithful obscurity Fame is a devil; obscurity is an Angel! Stay away from me, Devil; Come near to me, Angel! Mehmet Murat Ildan obscurity devil angel Any effort... to make the obscure obvious is likely to be unappealing, for the penalty of failure is confusion while the reward of success is banality. Nelson Goodman obscurity effort confusion Obscurity and Innocence, twin sisters, escape temptations which would pierce their gossamer armor, in contact with the world. Nicolas Chamfort obscurity armor temptation Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity. Neil Gaiman notoriety obscurity fame I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height nor yet in obscurity. Oliver Cromwell obscurity height gentleman «1234567»
