Avoiding Quotes

444 quotes by 369 authors

The animal liberation movement is saying that where animals and humans have similar interests - we might take the interest in avoiding physical pain as… — Peter Singer
An unconscious, gentle process whereby people who want to be loving attempt to be so by telling little white lies, by withholding some of the… — M. Scott Peck
The gospel of Jesus Christ encompasses much more than avoiding, overcoming, and being cleansed from sin and the bad influences in our lives; it also… — David A. Bednar
My early colleagues and myself helped create the life styles of Americans and, by osmosis, of the rest of the world. I found it difficult… — Raymond Loewy
With approximately 75 per cent of our rubbish generated by packaging, a few simple steps - buying loose fruit and veg, choosing products with recyclable… — Sheherazade Goldsmith
The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it. — P.J. O'Rourke
In short, avoiding the scourge of unemployment may have less to do with chasing after growth and more to do with building an economy of… — Tim Jackson
One day I looked at something in myself that I had been avoiding because it was too painful. Yet once I did, I had an… — Marianne Williamson
I can be a little obsessive about avoiding colds and flu. Thera Zinc Echinacea lozenges are awesome, and I almost always have some with me. — Murray Bartlett
Avoiding combat duty was and is an unforgivable sin for a professional soldier. — John Eisenhower
My goal and mission is to be very strong in avoiding back steps. I leave judgments, evaluations and analysis to the media, then to the… — Enrico Letta
Godzilla. The big, green G-man has had a profound influence on my creative endeavors and imagination since I was blueberry-avoiding kid. — Jeremy Robinson
My writing process, such as it is, consists of a lot of noodling, procrastinating, dawdling, and avoiding. — Amy Bloom
Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure. — Henry Petroski
High taxes on guns and strong restrictions on their availability are the only realistic hope for avoiding many more Sandy Hooks. — Martin Seligman
I support anything that broadens the message of gender equality and tempers the stigma of the feminist label. We run into trouble, though, when we… — Roxane Gay
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. — Helen Keller
Invention consists in avoiding the constructing of useless contraptions and in constructing the useful combinations which are in infinite minority. — Henri Poincare
The British system denied any role for human creativity, and instead argued, that if man merely followed his hedonistic desires, pursuing pleasure and avoiding pain,… — Robert Trout
States are looking for low-cost solutions that will enable better communication, while avoiding the danger in which the chain of command breaks down in emergencies.… — John Shimkus

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