Escape Quotes

1931 Escape quotes by 1394 unique authors

Art is not escape, but a way of finding order in chaos, a way of confronting life. — Robert Hayden
A child can escape the shadows. — Steve Largent
The poor of the world cannot be made rich by the redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty, taking… — P.J. O'Rourke
All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some… — Angus Wilson
Not the shadow of a doubt crossed my mind of the purpose for which the Count had left the theatre. His escape from us, that… — Wilkie Collins
You can memorize your way through a labyrinth if it is simple enough and you have the time and urge to escape. But the learning… — David Hawkins
Escapology has one thing going for it that probably made Harry Houdini such a superstar in his day and a legend in the present. Everyone… — James Randi
Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can… — Abraham Lincoln
Human life cannot be formless. We live by patterns. We move in comradeships. Conformity is evil when it distorts, flattens, and erases fruitful ways, strong… — Herman Wouk
As Lucretius says: 'Thus ever from himself doth each man flee.' But what does he gain if he does not escape from himself? He ever… — Seneca the Younger
The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don't dwell. — Michael Josephson
There are some troubles from which mankind can never escape .... have never claimed that liberty will bring perfection; they simply say that its results… — Benjamin Tucker
I wanted to write literature that pushed people into their lives rather than helping people escape from them. — Harvey Pekar
Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it-that no substitute can do… — Ayn Rand
Progress imposes not only new possibilities for the future but new restrictions. It seems almost as if progress itself and our fight against the increase… — Norbert Wiener
Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients — Carl Levin
No, there is no escape. There is no heaven with a little of hell in it--no plan to retain this or that of the devil… — George MacDonald
Reckon then that to acquire soul-winning power, you will have to go through mental torment and soul distress. You must go into the fire if… — Charles Spurgeon
You can't escape the taste of the food you had as a child. In times of stress, what do you dream about? Your mother's clam… — Jacques Pepin
Child abuse is still sanctioned â€” indeed, held in high regard â€” in our society as long as it is defined as child-rearing. It is… — Alice Miller

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