At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure. — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
Our true choice is not between tax reduction on the one hand and the avoidance of large federal deficits on the other.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If you go around a time when you're hungry, around mealtime, then you have a desperate search to find something to eat… — Robert Sietsema Copy Share Image
When a child encounters something he or she does not want, that child has all kinds of maneuvers to avoid it, such… — Tarthang Tulku Copy Share Image
It is well known that "problem avoidance" is an important part of problem solving. Instead of solving the problem you go upstream… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
The avoidance of that which causes you pain does not produce enlightenment. It produces avoidance. Religion is the avoidance of pain and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Me being from a Celtic culture that tends to emphasize directness, conflict, openness has a big effect on my living in Japan,… — Sean Michael Wilson Copy Share Image
I'm always aware of writing around things I can't do, and I've come to think that that's actually what 'style' is -… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Natural light consistently fosters innovation, as does the avoidance of disturbances from noise and extreme temperatures. — David Livermore Copy Share Image
“I spend a tremendous amount of time carefully choosing the roles I wish to play so that I can run from the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
The three principal samskaras have to do with sex, money and power. In all those countless incarnations that one goes through in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors we quote… — Ihab Hassan Copy Share Image
Sexuality is important, but it's certainly not the most interesting or important thing happening to you right now. We live in a… — John Green Copy Share Image
Our international banking system allows banks to accept funds gained from tax evasion and other crimes and thereby facilitates and encourages embezzlement… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
“The choice to avoid risk is the choice to avoid living, and to avoid living is one of the greatest risk of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Shame often causes me to hide my mistakes from others. But really, when I make a mistake, I should make it loud… — Sharon Weil Copy Share Image
“Many survivors struggle to believe the abuse happened. They don’t want to believe it. It’s too painful to think about. They don’t… — Laura Davis Copy Share Image
While no one wishes to incur losses, you couldn't prove it from an examination of the behavior of most investors and speculators.… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
The final battles are the samskaras of good karma. They prevent Samadhi. Naturally for a religious person the avoidance is intensive. They… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Business of blurring is fantastic. They both are playing the politics of avoidance. They avoid all the issues on corporate power, Iraq,… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
“To think that ignoring something is to make it go away is to exercise some of the greatest imagination imaginable. And if… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
For many decades my relations with my parents constituted unfinished business. I had dealt with them through sheer avoidance and guilt. — Alix Kates Shulman Copy Share Image
