Escaping Quotes

191 quotes by 175 authors

You might argue that I make the rounds no matter what year it is, but sometimes the human race likes to crank things up a… — Markus Zusak
Not that running away's going to solve everything. I don't want to rain on your parade or anything, but I wouldn't count on escaping this… — Haruki Murakami
Meditation is nothing but coming to terms with your inner emptiness: recognizing it, not escaping; living through it, not escaping; being through it, not escaping.… — Rajneesh
There is no escaping this fight. It is civilization or Jihadism. We can and should debate tactics; but the sides are clear enough. — Andrew Sullivan
We were that generation called silent, but we were silent neither, as some thought, because we shared the period's official optimism nor, as others thought,… — Joan Didion
Patience is necessary in this life because so much of life is fraught with adversity. No matter how hard we try, our lives will never… — Thomas a Kempis
There are so many benefits to be derived from space exploration and exploitation; why not take what seems to me the only chance of escaping… — Isaac Asimov
I love escaping into character. It's a chance to try on people that you wouldn't be brave or stupid enough to be in real life. — Andrea Corr
In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to… — Kathleen Battle
If you are a rich person straining every sinew to keep every last pound in your pocket, there comes a point when you realize you… — Clive Anderson
We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age. — Viola Davis
Girls are the best readers in the world. Reading is really a way of kind of escaping so deeply into yourself and pursuing your own… — Caitlin Flanagan
I was a slightly melancholy child and I think films were a way of escaping for me. — Charlie Hunnam
There is no escaping the fact that when the taxation of large incomes is excessive, they tend to disappear. — Calvin Coolidge
The sound of water escaping from mill-dams, etc., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts, and brickwork.those scenes made me a painter and I am grateful. — John Constable
I don't think escaping is necessarily a problem, but we can get addicted to almost anything. If you're craving being in this other reality and… — Joshua Mohr
Every once in awhile you find a novel so magical that there is no escaping its spell. The Night Circus is one of these rarities… — Danielle Trussoni
One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education. — Chris Van Hollen
Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home. — James Joyce
The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones. — John Maynard Keynes

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