I wanted to avoid slippage.

“A slippage, what has not come to pass or what has passed, a bit of nothingness or a bit of everything if one considers…

— Meia Geddes

“Fifth, when schedule slippage is recognized, the natural (and traditional) response is to add manpower. Like dousing a fire with gasoline, this makes matters…

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr

I wanted to avoid, special IO for terminals.

— Ken Thompson

I wanted to avoid service, because I was on the road to becoming a professional basketball player.

— Dirk Nowitzki

I think when I finally got it in my head that I was going to do the story, I wanted to avoid doing what…

— Adrian Tomine

This is what I wanted most to avoid: for my rises and falls to become Tobias's rises and falls. That's why I can't let…

— Veronica Roth

The mark of the man is how he responds to situations. You're not going to avoid tough times. We're all over the barrel some…

— Martin Short

I studiously avoid any academic dissections of the play and any kind of previous experience of playing. For me, it's all in the play.

— Glenda Jackson

Patients' lives are more important than embryos. I do want to avoid the use of embryos if possible.

— Shinya Yamanaka

I avoid envy at all costs.

— Claudia Winkleman

I avoid processed food.

— Bernard Hopkins

The shelves of many evangelicals are full of books that point out the flaws in evolution, discuss it only as a theory, and almost…

— Francis Collins

I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments.

— Quentin Blake

Becoming famous is a really shocking thing, especially when you don't have aspirations to it. It got to the point where I would try…

— Alison Moyet

By eating many fruits and vegetables in place of fast food and junk food, people could avoid obesity.

— David H. Murdock