Avoiding Quotes

444 quotes by 369 authors

They stared at her curiously, and she caught snatches of conversation in two or three languages. It wasn't hard to guess their content, and she… — Lois McMaster Bujold
I think...that I would rather recollect a life mis-spent on fragile things than spent avoiding moral debt. — Neil Gaiman
We all have ideas about love and death. We keep a close eye out for them our entire lives, seeking one and avoiding the other,… — Tonya Hurley
They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); in a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I touched the combination lock. I concentrated so hard I felt like I was dead-lifting five hundred pounds. My pulse quickening. A line of sweat… — Rick Riordan
If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Procrastinating is number three on my Stupid List. You still end up exactly where you didn't want to be, doing exactly what you didn't want… — Karen Marie Moning
I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged...I had poems which were re-written so many… — Erica Jong
The truth is, normal might take years. Normal might never happen. But itâ€™s definitely not going to happen if I lounge around here watching soaps… — Becca Fitzpatrick
Avoiding me, Quen downed a swallow of wine. "Trent is a fine young man," he said, watching the remaining wine swirl. "Yes... " I drawled,… — Kim Harrison
It's all well and good saying you avoid pain by avoiding relationships, but what about the wonderful things you're avoiding as well? What about the… — Jane Green
I had been simply treating water, settling on surviving and avoiding pain rather than being actively involved in seeking out life. — Kay Redfield Jamison
Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines. — Amy Tan
JustÂ â€¦ isnâ€™t giving up allowed sometimes? Isnâ€™t it okay to say, â€˜This really hurts, so Iâ€™m going to stop tryingâ€™?â€ â€œIt sets a dangerous precedent.â€… — Rainbow Rowell
Pain in this life is not avoidable, but the pain we create avoiding pain is avoidable. — R. D. Laing
Hope is the strongest driving force for a people. Hope which brings about change, which produces new realities, is what opens man's road to freedom.… — Oscar Arias
Owning your own home is America's unique recipe for avoiding revolution and promoting pseudo-equality at the same time. — Florence King
Smart people don't learn... because they have too much invested in proving what they know and avoiding being seen as not knowing. — Chris Argyris
There are two ways of avoiding fear: one is by persuading ourselves that we are immune from disaster, and the other is by the practice… — Bertrand Russell
There is a case for telling the truth; there is a case for avoiding the scandal; but there is no possible defense for the man… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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