Escape Quotes

1931 Escape quotes by 1394 unique authors

I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war. — Walter Mosley
Gold, unlike all other commodities, is a currency...and the major thrust in the demand for gold is not for jewelry. It's not for anything other… — Alan Greenspan
The natural state of a start-up is to die; most start-ups require multiple miracles in their early days to escape this fate. — Sam Altman
There are some situations from which one can only escape by acting like a devil or a lunatic. — George Orwell
To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
When Jerusalem is destroyed, and Jesus' people escape from the ruin just in time, that will be YHWH becoming king, bringing about the liberation of… — N. T. Wright
It is true I wished to escape; and so I wish still: is not this lawful for all prisoners? — Joan of Arc
In my teens I was interested in photography. Then I decided that I should learn something about the world of commerce. And I came to… — Nicolas Berggruen
If I give you a forty five percent chance at lethal injection, a fifty percent chance at the electric chair, and a five percent chance… — Michael Badnarik
More than ever, I feel that the human race is one. There are differences of colour, language, culture and opportunities, but people's feelings and reactions… — Sebastiao Salgado
Laughter is the greatest music in the world and audiences come to my shows to escape the cares of life. They don't want to be… — Ken Dodd
I think it's undignified to read for the purposes of escape. After you grow up, you should start reading for other purposes — M. John Harrison
To escape the cycle of tragedy, we (searchers) have to be tough on the ideas of the planners, even while we salute their goodwill. — William Easterly
Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life. — Karin Slaughter
Absolutely breathtaking, nail-biting, and edge-of-your-seat. Michael Koryta is a master at maintaining suspense and a hell of a good writer. THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD… — Nelson DeMille
The problem is that you cannot prove yourself against someone who is much weaker than yourself. They are in a lose/lose situation. If you are… — Martin Van Creveld
Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week. Pressure… — Bill Shankly
The whole universe or the structure that perceives it is a worthy opponent, but try as I may I can not escape the sound of… — Julian Assange
It should not be a surprise to find that s/m fantasy is significant in women's sex lives. Women may be born free but they are… — Sheila Jeffreys
Love, sought as an escape from the burden of the self, turns rapidly into a captivity. — Hugh MacLennan
We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our… — Raoul Vaneigem
All happy companies are different: each one earns a monopoly by solving a unique problem. All failed companies are the same: they failed to escape… — Peter Thiel
In our time, the great task for libertarians is to find an escape from politics in all its forms—from the totalitarian and fundamentalist catastrophes to… — Peter Thiel
We cannot escape that Hollywood is in the middle of a wave of technological change. The current angst over all the implications of new entertainment… — Michael Eisner
We sell our dreams and our potential to escape through that buzz. — Macklemore

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