Unobscured Quotes & Sayings

Bertrand Russell had given a talk on the then new quantum mechanics, of whose wonders he was most appreciative. He spoke hard and earnestly in the New Lecture Hall. And when he was done, Professor Whitehead, who presided, thanked him for his efforts, and not least for 'leaving the vast darkness of the subject unobscured'. — J. Robert Oppenheimer

People tell me that the countryside must always be stupid and backward, and I get angry, as if it were said that only townspeople had immortal souls, and that it was only in the city that the flame of divinity breathed into the first men had an unobscured glow. — George William Russell

Either a wise man will not go into bunkers, or, being in, he will endure such things as befall him with patience. — Andrew Lang

But don't worry," she continued. "Most snakes don't want to hurt you. If you're out in the bush and a snake comes along, just stop dead and let it slide over your shoes."
This, I decided, was the least-likely-to-be-followed advice I have ever been given. — Bill Bryson

Anybody who can't hear the difference between a ball hitting wood and a ball hitting concrete must be blind. — Yogi Berra

She was handed more personality than other mortals, and chemically fertilized in a glasshouse - now her bionic strength allows her to teleport platters of watercress sandwiches from the kitchen to the library, where she's beating her friends at backgammon. — Jardine Libaire

The scholar was not raised by the sacred thoughts amongst which he dwelt, but used them to selfish ends. He was a profane person,and became a showman, turning his gifts to marketable use, and not to his own sustenance and growth. It was found that the intellect could be independently developed, that is, in separation from the man, as any single organ can be invigorated, and the result was monstrous. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The child ever dwells in the mystery of ageless time,unobscured by the dust of history. — Rabindranath Tagore

True love is usually the most inconvenient kind. — Kiera Cass

Her finger-nails were painted five different colours, looking like the paints in a child's paintbox; and she was as innocent as a child. — G.K. Chesterton

I never made love until you." - Kellan Kyle — S.C. Stephens

My land is where my dead lie buried. — Crazy Horse

Silence fell between the four of them as they looked up at the sky. There was no sign of movement, the stars stared back, unblinking, indifferent, unobscured by flying friends. Where was Ron? Where were Fred and Mr Weasley? Where were Bill, Fleur, Tonks, Mad Eye, Mundungus? — J.K. Rowling

Then, dramatically, all of a sudden, totally out of nowhere, and to my utter astonishment, absolutely nothing happens. — James Marshall

Every hour of temptation in one's life has origin. Either from the flesh or the devil . — Osunsakin Adewale