Avoiding Quotes

444 quotes by 369 authors

Drama lives on conflict. If you're trying to deal with social issues seriously, there's no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society. — Michael Haneke
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is… — Helen Keller
Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I avoid talking about the way I work. But in avoiding it I seem only to have encouraged people to focus their fantasies about me… — Daniel Day-Lewis
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Herr Schroder has conducted two electoral campaigns, and he is doing it again now, by not telling people what is really necessary. He keeps avoiding… — Angela Merkel
Simplicity is a key to avoiding complication. Part of the definition of simplicity is 'not complex or complicated; sincere.' — Joyce Meyer
There is little anyone can do with fanatics. Reasoning with them is a fool's errand. Avoiding them is mandatory. — Bill O'Reilly
Every portfolio benefits from bonds; they provide a cushion when the stock market hits a rough patch. But avoiding stocks completely could mean your investment… — Suze Orman
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory. — Norman Vincent Peale
I don't see anyone avoiding the Stones because DJs make jokes about them being a part of the Geritol set. All it does is make… — Joe Perry
Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what… — Plutarch
My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing… — Terry Pratchett
Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death. — Ayn Rand
The Obama administration now has regulations that tells them that they can no longer promote marriage to these young girls. They can no longer promote… — Rick Santorum
Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's… — Steven Seagal
The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes. — Susan Sontag
The essence of procrastination lies in not doing what you think you should be doing, a mental contortion that surely accounts for the great psychic… — James Surowiecki
Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being. — Paul Tillich
Social media requires that business leaders start thinking like small-town shop owners. This means taking the long view and avoiding short-term benchmarks to gauge progress.… — Gary Vaynerchuk

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