Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the…

Dilettantism is the sort of thing one must avoid.

— Leon Wieseltier

All of a sudden it didn't bother me not being modern.

— Roland Barthes

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

— Gerald Brenan

“One thing you cannot avoid ever in life, and that is time.”

— Sandeep Sahajpal

“The best gift you can give to someone is spending time with them. The worst thing you can do someone is to avoid them…

— Saravana Kumar Murugan

When something's painful, you just avoid it. Why bother dredging up the past if it's nothing but bad stuff?

— Shane Koyczan

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