The leading characteristic of the savage state is its…

Had population and food increased in the same ratio, it is probable that man might never have emerged from the savage state.

— Thomas Malthus

The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribute is the fact that war is the natural reaction of human…

— Elihu Root

We reject this illegal, barbarous, savage state that calls itself Israel. And you have to do the same.

— George Galloway

I read recently in an article by G.K. Chesterton, that sex without gestation and parturition is like blowing the trumpets and waving the flags…

— Dora Russell

All the textbooks talk about avoidance as a classic hallmark of anxiety disorder. So you need a therapist who is sympathetic and understanding but…

— Scott Stossel

I've been trying to avoid my problems, and I don't know what to do. I get high, but when I come down, my problems…

— Eugene Nathaniel Butler

“If you love stress, practice avoidance.”

— Sharon Rowe

You can gain power by avoidance. You can gain power by doing certain things. You can gain much more power by meditating.

— Frederick Lenz

Most human behavior is nothing other than the avoidance of pain and the pursuit of pleasure.

— Deepak Chopra

I am not in favour of the takeover of excellent and strategically important British companies by struggling foreign firms whose actions are fuelled by…

— David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville

America is not static. America is striving. And sometimes, America requires critique. Jingoism is an avoidance of realism. You can simultaneously love and be…

— Charles M. Blow

“People spend entire lifetimes trying to avoid the things that have already happened.”

— Silvia Hartmann

All work is the avoidance of harder work.

— James Richardson

“Collect yourself: to smother what you feel, recall to order, summon in one place; making, like Orpheus, a system against loss.”

— Ruth Padel

Unmarried couples should get married - that's an excellent tax avoidance measure, if a bit drastic.

— John Whiting