Shun artificial rocks like the plague.

“Certain plants, like certain friends, you enjoy having for a visit but do not care to see remain forever and a day.”

— Henry Sherman Adams

“Planting is not the end; it is only the beginning of planting.”

— Henry Sherman Adams

about clichés. Avoid them like the plague.

— Khaled Hosseini

“Evie, there is nothing to talk about. We’ve said everything there is to say.” She crossed her arms. “That is bullshit. You kissed me…

— Mila Rossi

“The scary glow of ghoulish red dotted the city like a plague that was taking over an otherwise healthy body.”

— Liz Braswell

The popular culture still ridicules religion and often treats it like the plague.

— Gary Bauer

If you're someone who genuinely believes that women don't deserve or aren't as much as men, you're like the plague. On the big history…

— Joss Whedon

“Where are you going?” “My God, you’re like the plague.” “A masterfully crafted, powerfully understated, and epic parable of timeless moral resonance? Why, thank…

— Michelle Hodkin

“What must it be like to have such faith in the world, in plans, in your own ability to control your fate? It was…

— Amy Lane

Like the plague, opioids kill the young, the old, the healthy, the sick, the virtuous and the sinful.

— Eric Greitens

I try not to look back at anything I do. I avoid it like the plague.

— RJ Mitte

“That was just like a demon. Tempt mankind with their weaknesses, play them for fools, then condemn them and spread guilt like a plague...”

— K. L. Burrell

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.

— Daniel Berrigan

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

— William Safire