Obscurity Quotes

I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.

Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls.

But it is true that sometimes an enveloping darkness aids one to clearer vision; as in a panorama building, for example, where the obscurity about the entrance prepares one better for the climax, and gives the scene depicted a more real and vivid appearance.

The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn't trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity.

I entirely agree with you about the obscurity of Mrs Browning's line about the stars. It is far-fetched. She wanted to express something which she found beyond expression.

Regardless of Bill Clinton's politics or personal life, he grew up in obscurity and was elected to the presidency - twice. Don't take that away from him, because then you take it away from every other kid in America sitting out there in a school bus with a big dream.

The production of obscurity in Paris compares to the production of motor cars in Detroit in the great period of American industry.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

I had a great time on News Radio, I got to make tons of money in relative obscurity and learn a lot about the TV biz and work on my standup act constantly. It was a dream gig.

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.

You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity.

The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small.

Philosophical reflection could not leave the relation of mind and spirit in the obscurity which had satisfied the needs of the naive consciousness.

Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity.

Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.

One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency, and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff.

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.

Time in its irresistible and ceaseless flow carries along on its flood all created things and drowns them in the depths of obscurity.

I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way. I was very content at the time to toil in obscurity on things that I thought might point me in certain directions or teach me certain things - not knowing what that would be.

If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.

When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility.

You have to demand things and believe you're worth more. And once you do demand them, you're usually going to get them. The players who first came in were very humble because we came from obscurity. Today's players, on the other hand, have a sense of entitlement.

My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language.

I think it's important to have had at least a few years of obscurity, where people treat you like everybody else.

Obscurity is the realm of error.

The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell.

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

To morrow, I believe, is to be an eclipse of the sun, and I think it perfectly meet and proper that the sun in the heavens, and the glory of the Republic should both go into obscurity and darkness together.