Avoided Quotes

320 quotes by 298 authors

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing. — Oscar Wilde
Take an old man's word; there's nothing worse than a muddle in all the world. It is easy to face Death and Fate, and the… — E. M. Forster
There are few ways in which good people do more harm to those who take them seriously than to defend the gospel with arguments that… — Henry B. Eyring
How much evil throughout history could have been avoided had people exercised their moral acuity with convictional courage and said to the powers that be,… — Joel Salatin
True heroics must be carefully planned - and strenuously avoided. — Steven Brust
This was exactly what the girl had most dreaded all her life and had scrupulously avoided until now: lovemaking without emotion or love. She knew… — Milan Kundera
On the outside, Oscar simply looked tired, no taller, no fatter, only the skin under his eyes, pouched from years of quiet desperation, had changed.… — Junot Diaz
No, death hadn't changed [Willie] much. But just in case, I avoided looking directly into his eyes. It was standard policy for dealing with vampires.… — Laurell K. Hamilton
Itâ€™s funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or descending? He said… — Mitch Albom
Besides, humans aren't prey. They are our natural enemies. They are to be avoided. — Cynthia Leitich Smith
Christmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea. If I'd known what was coming, I would've called in sick. I could've avoided an army of… — Rick Riordan
A world without right or wrong was a world that did not want itself, anything other than itself, or anything not those two things, but… — Tao Lin
of all the weapons of destruction that man could invent, the most terrible-and the most powerful-was the word. Daggers and spears left traces of blood;… — Paulo Coelho
One of the few certainties in life is that persons of certainty should certainly be avoided. — Willy Russell
I learned to make things not matter, to put a seal on my hopes and place them on a high shelf, out of reach. And… — Amy Tan
His past was fairly blameless; few men could read the rolls of their life with less apprehension; yet he was humbled to the dust by… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Usually I avoided college students, whom I considered brutal, wrapped up in themselves, particularly in their youth, in which they found material for drama or… — Francoise Sagan
The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive ... but in spite of their religion, not because of it. The Church has opposed… — Mark Twain
At least I was true. My intellectual abilities gave me a release, and an excuse. I shunned company because I preferred books; and the dreams… — Robin McKinley
Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted. — Brennan Manning

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