Avoided Quotes

320 quotes by 298 authors

The spectator, as he walks the gallery, will stop, or pass along. To give a general air of grandeur at first view, all trifling, or… — Joshua Reynolds
Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio movie with a big red box covering up a shot.… — Todd Solondz
For the past three years, the Senate intelligence committee has avoided carrying out its oversight of our nation's intelligence programs whenever the White House becomes… — Jay Rockefeller
Everyone believes that the prospect for a civil war has diminished significantly over the past several days. All the mainstream leaders of Iraq believe that… — Zalmay Khalilzad
The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the… — Branford Marsalis
We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise. — Buffalo Bill
Whatever requires an undue amount of thought or trouble or involves a large expenditure of effort and causes our whole life to revolve, as it… — Saint Basil
If global extinction is to be avoided, woman must unite and come to terms with their destiny. — Frederick Lenz
Many religions over the years have suggested that when a woman is menstruating, she should be avoided and not touched. — Frederick Lenz
Could we have avoided the tragedy of Hiroshima? Could we have started the atomic age with clean hands? No one knows. No one can find… — Edward Teller
Suffering also has its worth. Through sorrow, pride is driven out And pity felt for those who wander in samsara; Evil is avoided, goodness seems… — Shantideva
The illusion of purpose is to be avoided. The illuion of lack of purpose is to be avoided. — Frederick Lenz
When you have been writing for a lot of years, you have to make an effort not to start repeating yourself. It occurred to me… — Merrill Markoe
Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark. — Annie Dillard
Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and… — Dag Hammarskjold
Management gurus in general are, I think, best avoided. All too often they reduce your working life to a list of rules to be followed.… — Tom Hodgkinson
I read actual physical books and have thus far avoided the electronic lure. — Khaled Hosseini
Look at what President Kennedy managed to achieve during the Cuban missile crisis. If Bush had been president in 1962, do you think he would… — Bianca Jagger
War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war. — Chief Joseph
There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying… — R. D. Laing

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