Escape Quotes

1931 quotes by 1394 authors

I do not think one can assess a writer's motives without knowing something of his early development. His subject matter will be determined by the… — George Orwell
There are people who have never studied writing who are capable of being writers. I know this because I am an example. I was a… — Elizabeth Berg
You feel the call. That's the important thing. Now answer it as fully as you can. Take the risk to let all that is in… — Elizabeth Berg
Because I can't seem to escape it. It's a way for me to address and counter my questions about what it means to be human,… — Junot Diaz
Why wouldn't you write to escape yourself as much as you might write to express yourself? It's far more interesting to write about others. — Susan Sontag
One cannot escape the feeling that these mathematical formulas have an independent existence and an intelligence of their own, that they are wiser than we… — Heinrich Hertz
Every July, August and part of September I escape of the guitar, I escape of Paco de Lucia and I go to Mexico to the… — Paco de Lucia
No writer or teacher or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not, whether he is conscious of it… — Arthur Koestler
Mind is locked in matter like the spirit Ariel in a cloven pine. Like Ariel, men struggle to escape the drag of the matter they… — Loren Eiseley
The history of science teaches only too plainly the lesson that no single method is absolutely to be relied upon, that sources of error lurk… — John William Strutt
I'll not hurt thee, says Uncle Toby, rising with the fly in his hand. Go, he says, opening the window to let it escape. Why… — Laurence Sterne
The nature of Christ's salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day evangelist. He announces a Saviour from Hell rather than a Saviour from sin. And… — Arthur W. Pink
The bureaucracy is a circle from which no one can escape. Its hierarchy is a hierarchy of knowledge. — Karl Marx
If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek. If leaving duties unperformed we run after rights, they will escape us… — Mahatma Gandhi
I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacation with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier… — Jim Rohn
I read American sagas (of the west) and I do not see people who went in search of material things. I see people who wrote… — Alan Keyes
Today everything comes under the laws of competition and the survival of the fittest, where the powerful feed upon the powerless. As a consequence, masses… — Pope Francis
At first we feel called by God and attracted by him. We grow in our vocation and get the impression that God has gripped us… — Notker Wolf
We live our lives by philosophies, amid worldly affairs and occupations that totally absorb us and are a great distance from the manger. In all… — Pope Benedict XVI
You cannot begin to preserve any species of animal unless you preserve the habitat in which it dwells. Disturb or destroy that habitat and you… — Gerald Durrell

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