The greatest problem is not with flat-out white racists, but rather with the far larger number of Americans who believe intellectually in racial equality but are quietly oblivious to injustice around them.

In order to understand why George W. Bush doesn't get it, you have to take several strands of common Texas attitude, then add an impressive degree of class-based obliviousness. What you end up with is a guy who sees himself as a perfectly nice fellow - and who is genuinely disconnected from the impact of his decisions on people.

A society oblivious to moderation, in time causes its own downfall.

Sometimes, life takes you to a stage where you become oblivious of the world and think that you are the best

The cost of oblivious daydreaming was always this moment of return, the realignment with what had been before and now seemed a little worse.

If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter.

Respect talent. Get respect where respect is due but don't be caught up in yourself where you do things obliviously and not pay attention to what is going on.