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Glaring Quotes

On flaws too obvious to miss.

These quotes use "glaring" to point out flaws and gaps that are hard to ignore, from workplace shortages to issues in specific laws and industries. Several relate to our Able quotes on capability and shortfalls.

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

Quotes by William Hazlitt

As well-intentioned as it might be, the Ali Act suffers from glaring flaws.

Quotes by Thomas Hauser

I didn't get hugely famous really quick. It was a slow, gradual process, so I was able to sort of grow into myself and figure out who I was and what I wanted without the glaring spotlight on me telling...

Quotes by Sarah McLachlan

One big, glaring difference I can think of between Iraq and Vietnam is the news coverage. During the Vietnam War era, you had TV coverage of the war saturating the airwaves every night, and that coverage wasn't put through a...

Quotes by Mark Boal

Able Quotes

A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth.

Quotes by Lloyd Banks

There is a glaring reason that the necessary total ban on nontherapeutic use of antibiotics hasn't happened: The factory farm industry, allied with the pharmaceutical industry, has more power than public-health professionals.

Quotes by Jonathan Safran Foer

We have a massive shortage of engineers and one of the big glaring holes is that we have so few women doing engineering - it's less than 10 per cent of the workforce.

Quotes by Jo Swinson

The inconvenience, the glaring lights, the long hours of waiting, and the repetition of every scene are all calculated to defeat anything more than a real mastery of love technique.

Quotes by Ivor Novello

Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested - for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day.

Quotes by Emma Goldman

Act Quotes

Most actors hate watching their own films because all you can see is the glaring mistakes, your own tricks and ticks.

Quotes by Eddie Redmayne

Jon and I have a lot of drive. But really, the most glaring difference is I'm better looking.

Quotes by Drew Scott

As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation.

Quotes by Dennis Cardoza

Democrats single out glaring examples of tax preferences or spending priorities that favor the wealthy and Republicans cry 'class warfare!'

Quotes by Dee Dee Myers

Now, I admire The Sims as a game, but from a story viewpoint, there are two glaring problems. First, your relationship with those characters is like they're bugs in a jar. There's no empathy. And secondly, you've got this clunky,...

Quotes by Dave Morris

Airwaves Quotes

The glaring injustice is there for all who are not blinded by prejudice to see.

Quotes by Bram Fischer

I presented a bill that will address a glaring loophole that allows gun buyers to bypass a background check by purchasing guns as kits. These kits allow anyone to purchase a totally untraceable firearm. The act simply says these weapons...

Quotes by Brad Schneider

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Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of problems do these quotes call "glaring"?
A mix — a specific act's flaws, a shortage of women in engineering, and general defects that stand out despite other good qualities.
Is there a workplace-related quote in this collection?
Yes, one highlights the shortage of women in engineering as a glaring gap in the workforce.
Do any quotes reference regulation or industry issues?
One references why a ban on certain antibiotic use in farming hasn't happened, citing industry influence as part of the reason.
Is "glaring" always used negatively here?
Mostly, yes — the word consistently points to a flaw, gap, or defect rather than anything positive.
Where can I find more quotes about capability and limits?
Our Able quotes collection covers related ground.

For related reading, see our Act quotes on legislation and change, or Angry quotes on frustration with obvious problems.