Escape Quotes

1931 Escape quotes by 1394 unique authors

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. — Edgar Allan Poe
It is the hour to be drunken! to escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue,… — Charles Baudelaire
It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches. — Frederick the Great
In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. — Alexis de Tocqueville
We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
This is the most terrible thing that can happen in a friendly country if Thai people have to escape from the backdoor of an embassy. — Thaksin Shinawatra
Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. — Douglas Coupland
On my job I end up jumping out of planes. Last week I got in an 18-wheeler and drove down a runway onto a skid… — Rick Mercer
I like to escape to hotels. — David Boreanaz
I could easily escape to a hotel for a weekend and do absolutely nothing. — David Boreanaz
As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these people… — Christine Lagarde
On that Sunday of the Masters I remember turning on ESPN to find people talking about me. I switched over to the Golf Channel and… — Rory McIlroy
When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city.… — Tom Ford
I like to spend time with my family. The majority of my time is spent in London, but I do like to escape and spend… — Katie Price
I feel that good fantasy will always be in demand. I think children especially need literature that helps them escape from the real world, which… — R L Stine
Our culture does not teach us this, but what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. If you cheat in Vegas, it comes right… — Tom Shadyac
One of my inspirations, Harry Houdini, remains an icon of the art because he defied our primal fears. His demonstrations in the early 20th century,… — Criss Angel
It is my position that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. No matter how I look at… — Michael Mullen
To escape the curse of commoditization, a company has to be a game-changer, and that requires employees who are proactive, inventive and zealous. — Gary Hamel
Young writers often mistakenly choose a certain vein or style based on who they want to be, unconsciously trying to blot out who they actually… — Mary Karr
We all have very personal relationships to what happened on 9/11 and the events after tracking Osama bin Laden. Nobody can escape from the influence… — Edgar Ramirez
Characters who experience great trauma will sometimes create an escape. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher
Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in which the parents do not act in such a way… — Andre Gide
Every apostle or disciple, as much as they're running to follow their savior- they're running just as hard to escape something else. — Chuck Palahniuk
Opportunity has hair in front; behind she is bald; if you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her, but, if suffered to escape,… — Latin Proverb

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