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

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

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

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

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

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

Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
Joseph Addison

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

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.
Benjamin F. Wade

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

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.
Thomas Merton

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.
Sue Wicks

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