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![That this subject [of imaginary magnitudes] has hitherto been considered from the wrong point of view and surrounded by a mysterious obscurity, is to be attributed largely to an ill-adapted notation. If, for example, 1, -1, and the square root of -1 had been called direct, inverse and lateral units, instead of positive, negative and imaginary (or even impossible), such an obscurity would have been out of the question Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/815/814826/814826.webp "That this subject [of imaginary magnitudes] has hitherto been considered from the wrong point of view and surrounded by a mysterious obscurity, is to be attributed largely to an ill-adapted notation. If, for example, 1, -1, and the square root of -1 had been called direct, inverse and lateral units, instead of positive, negative and imaginary (or even impossible), such an obscurity would have been out of the question Picture Quote #1")
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It’s up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code... obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence (Obscurity Quotes)
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 (Obscurity Quotes)
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 (Obscurity Quotes)
Some people find clarity threatening. They like muddle, confusion, obscurity. So when somebody does no more than speak clearly it sounds threatening (Obscurity Quotes)
Never try to impress people with the profundity of your thought by the obscurity of your language. Whatever has been thoroughly thought through can be stated simply (Obscurity Quotes)
That this subject [of imaginary magnitudes] has hitherto been considered from the wrong point of view and surrounded by a mysterious obscurity, is to be attributed largely to an ill-adapted notation. If, for example, 1, -1, and the square root of -1 had been called direct, inverse and lateral units, instead of positive, negative and imaginary (or even impossible), such an obscurity would have been out of the question (Obscurity Quotes)
I’m afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery. (Obscurity Quotes)
...ambition without pious restraint must end in failure, often involving in its ruin that beautiful reverence which solaces common men for the obscurity and poverty of their lot. (Obscurity Quotes)
Fame is a devil; obscurity is an Angel! Stay away from me, Devil; Come near to me, Angel! (Obscurity Quotes)
Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another. (Obscurity Quotes)
One of the things I’ve learned about being president is that we’ll work on issues for long periods of time, sometimes in obscurity. (Obscurity Quotes)
Maybe some people are better off in obscurity than trying to keep on expanding (Obscurity Quotes)
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. (Obscurity Quotes)
I guess I just always imagined that I was going to die, like, somehow on top. I was going to, like, go out in some sort of blaze of glory. I never thought about sort of fading into obscurity. And I’ve worked so hard at having a life, an identity, in obscurity and finding peace with that. (Obscurity Quotes)
My first movie ever was ‘Breaking Away.’ I stumbled into an incredible part in a movie that was incredible to be a part of. Peter Yates, the director, became a lifelong friend. He sort of plucked me from obscurity and gave me a life. (Obscurity Quotes)
No matter how great you are at what you do, as long as you remain known only within your own family circles, then you and your talent will die in obscurity and irrelevance. Position yourself to influence the masses by having a media, marketing and communication strategy. (Obscurity Quotes)
It’s a funny thing about cities: Some have brief, bright moments of cultural and political dominance, decades- or centuries-long spells when they seem the center of their particular nation, or region, or empire... only to later fall into obscurity and disrepair, never to regain their former glory. (Obscurity Quotes)
When you work with web design companies in San Francisco, you end up with a bunch of twenty-somethings who have their own cultural peculiarities, including obscurity for its own sake. You give those guys a website for a banking institution and they screw it up, because they are designing for themselves. (Obscurity Quotes)
God’s extraordinary work is most often done by ordinary people in the seeming obscurity of a home and family. (Obscurity Quotes)
There’s nothing more horrifying than the possibility or the idea that you will just fade away into obscurity. (Obscurity Quotes)
There is value in long years of obscurity, if one doesn’t go insane or suicidal, in that, simply because nobody is looking, the habit of fooling around and trying things out gets ingrained. (Obscurity Quotes)
When I wrote about the French Revolution, I didn’t choose to write about aristocrats; I chose characters who began their lives in provincial obscurity. (Obscurity Quotes)
Not everyone can be as successful a performer as myself, who gave 10 great performances the first time I ever did comedy, and then toiled in obscurity for years. (Obscurity Quotes)