Much modern prose is praised for its terseness, its scrupulous avoidance of curlicue, etcetera. But I don't feel the deeper rhythm there.… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
But avoidance allows you to believe that you're making all kinds of strides when you're not. — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“I don't want to say hello, nor do I want him to know that I've seen him and failed to say hello.” — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
I believe that it should be perfectly lawful to print even things that outrage the pruderies and prejudices of the general, so… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I cannot emphasize enough how wrongheaded this is. Withholding criticism and ignoring differences are racism in its purest form. Yet these cultural… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
“I like football. I find it’s an exciting strategic game. It’s a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving.” — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
“I’m like a fish in a pool, turning quickly to avoid what challenges it. My only decision is whether to go right… — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“People like to believe that they have several options open to them, but this is only a justification for attempting to avoid… — Théun Mares Copy Share Image
Golf is the ultimate avoidance activity for the dysfunctional dad. A game so nonsensically difficult, so pointless, so irrationally time consuming, the… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
A republic will avoid war unless the avoidance might create conditions that are worse than warfare itself. Sometimes, the dispositions of those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is always great beauty, not of images, feeling or thought. Beauty is neither thought nor feeling; it has nothing whatsoever to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Such movies are always a danger...falling in love is something most adults have actually experienced...The theme is universal and encourages...unhealthy comparisons...why can't… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
As any sin passes through its stages from temptation, to toleration, to approval, its name is first euphemized, then avoided, then forgotten.… — J. Budziszewski Copy Share Image
“With respect to the acceptance of dissociative disorders, as with most issues in life, it is counterproductive to spend time trying to… — Warwick Middleton Copy Share Image
Fear of success is far more dangerous than fear of failure, because the subconscious mind works to prevent that which it fears.… — Joe Tye Copy Share Image
My husband and I don't worry about each other the way we might if we didn't have similar jobs. I sometimes get… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
When fear makes your choices for you, no security measures on earth will keep the things you dread from finding you. But… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
No one has the least regard for the man; with them all, he has been an object of avoidance, suspicion, and aversion;… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Let us protect our children; and let us not allow them to grow up into emptiness and nothingness, to the avoidance of… — Friedrich Frobel Copy Share Image
Artistic anorexia & sexual avoidance have the same root fears – fear of intimacy, fear of exposure, fear of failure”. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
What happens when we're willing to feel bad is that, sure enough, we often feel bad - but without the stress of… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
