The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
She had been so consumed with escaping her own misery, she hadn't considered the misery she might inflict. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
If you escape from people too often,, you wind up escaping from yourself. — Marvin Gaye Copy Share Image
sloughing my skin / escaping it's grip / stripped of my wit / it hurts to be me . — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
When I first came to Hollywood, I used to dream of doing films and escaping television. — Billy Campbell Copy Share Image
My parents left Libya in 1979, escaping political repression, and settled in Cairo. I was nine. — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
To men who only aim at escaping felony, nothing short of the prisoner's dock is disgrace. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I understood that there was no escaping the memories, that I was surround by them. (p.30) — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Without [diversion] we would be in a state of weariness, and this weariness would spur us on to seek a more solid… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
[Boxed] Multiple bouncing balls in a box are a metaphor for community. Notice how the escaping balls explode. This is what happens… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
He had so many ways of climbing into the tree house in his head, escaping the madness below, and pulling the ladder… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacation with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
In Romania, of course, gymnastics is among the most popular sports, and my parents had a dream of escaping the Ceausescu regime… — Dominique Moceanu Copy Share Image
Keep an eye on the weather, which is changing faster than predicted, and on the new diseases escaping or being made, even… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I think the reason I'm an actor is the joy I find from escaping and going to be somebody else. That's what… — John Glover Copy Share Image
Less than an hour before he'd congratulated himself on escaping all the traps of Earth, all the snares of Man. Not knowing… — Clifford D. Simak Copy Share Image
Happiness is a state of non-contradictory joy--a joy without penalty or guilt, a joy that does not clash with any of your… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Neither in war nor yet at law ought any man to use every way of escaping death. For often in battle there… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“To commit suicide to escape a problem just amplifies that problem that they will have to live through again. They are not… — Dolores Cannon Copy Share Image
There's this great Ron Carlson story, "A Note on the Type," and it's about this guy who keeps escaping from prison. He's… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
If all the people around you are happy with you, you are not doing great work. When you stop being like other… — Darren Hardy Copy Share Image
Inquiry appears to be a process of thinking, but actually it's a way to undo thinking. Thoughts lose their power over us… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
What modern humans need help with is escaping from the despair of politics, commerce and media, escaping from the drabness and oppressiveness… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
“I believe all sin, love, glory are this: when you slide down the knotted sheets, escaping from Gestapo headquarters, and she hugs… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“You'll stay," he said firmly. "But-" He crossed his arms. "Do I look like a man in the mood to be argued… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
“And yet, over the years I've met so many people like Jared who seem to be more at home, happier, living in… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
But the desire of obtaining the advantages, and of escaping the burthens, of political society, is a perpetual and inexhaustible source of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“You're suicidal.You know how impossible this sounds?" "Yes." I pause. "But I don't really have much choice." "Well,go on.What about the square?"… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“blood from the gash had seeped through her shirt and the blanket, pooling on the floor. Looking at it intensified the dizziness… — Joseph R. Lallo Copy Share Image
“And I do. I do wonder, I think about it all the time. What it would be like to kill myself. Because… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
Oh, it doesn't work at all. That's the problem! It's an endless, halting parade of inspections, bribes, and nonsense-but if you're aboard… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
![“Without [diversion] we would be in a state of weariness, and this weariness would spur us on to seek a more solid means of escaping from it. But diversion amuses us, and leads us unconsciously to death.” quote by Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2db/blaise-pascal-167_death_without-diversion-we-would-be-in-a-state_820008.jpg)
![“[Boxed] Multiple bouncing balls in a box are a metaphor for community. Notice how the escaping balls explode. This is what happens to people who move from Perl to Ruby.” quote by Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/df5/larry-wall-1576_balls_boxed-multiple-bouncing-balls-in-a-box-a_640682.jpg)
