Thank God I've always avoided persecuting my enemies.

“I realize that you've always avoided all but the most rudimentary involvements with men, and, I might add, you've been wise.”

— Tom Robbins

I've avoided situations where I wouldn't have creative freedom.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I've avoided success artfully.

— Harry Dean Stanton

I've avoided the press and a lot of stuff that would have made me more visible just because it's not my style.

— Leon Russell

I've avoided doing network shows because I don't think they're true to real families.

— Jeff Garlin

I've always avoided sequels, unless I felt there was something fresh.

— Ridley Scott

I've avoided doing a network comedy, because I wouldn't get my own way. Even though it would get more viewers, it wouldn't be mine.

— Ricky Gervais

I've passed up opportunities. I've avoided the spotlight. I've never been to Academy Awards, didn't relate to them.

— Harry Dean Stanton

To live the life you've always wanted, you must confront the issues you've always avoided.

— Orrin Woodward

I look at people in gossip magazines and I can't imagine what it's like. It seems some of them bring it on themselves, it…

— Tobey Maguire

As Fuehrer of the German people and Chancellor of the Reich, I can thank God at this moment that he has so wonderfully blessed…

— Adolf Hitler

Naive optimism and pervasive pessimism are both to be avoided, therefore. It's not an easy balance to maintain, to be asked to work away…

— Neal A. Maxwell

Poetry in love is no more to be avoided than jealousy.

— William Wycherley

Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army,…

— George Washington

I avoided nudity unless a film couldn't be told without those scenes. If you look at my films, few of them have that element,…

— Greta Scacchi