Avoided Quotes

320 quotes by 298 authors

I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don't have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have… — Hedy Lamarr
The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides. — Robert E. Lee
Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced. — Edward Norton
The equality that we are all entitled to, as citizens of this democracy, can't be avoided by some religious dogma of a President who's is… — Rosie O'Donnell
Imagine how foolish you'd look if, like one clever salesman who once pitched to me, you tried to license your product to a big industry… — Kevin O'Leary
Private student loans should be avoided at all costs. — Suze Orman
The more the schemata are differentiated, the smaller the gap between the new and the familiar becomes, so that novelty, instead of constituting an annoyance… — Jean Piaget
Even during the years of the Cold War, the intense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, we always avoided any direct clash… — Vladimir Putin
Franchises aren't to be avoided. They can be exciting, and they give you opportunities to do other films. — Daniel Radcliffe
Part of me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided… — Robert Redford
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly. — Theodore Roosevelt
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace. — Theodore Roosevelt
Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep… — Bertrand Russell
In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the… — Bertrand Russell
If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing. — William Safire
I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned… — John Steinbeck
Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time… — Nat Turner
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. — Mark Twain
The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been… — Ida B. Wells
Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided. — Mae West

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