Evading Quotes

29 quotes by 26 authors

A lot of my upbringing was about denying or fretting or evading, — Jhumpa Lahiri
Mir Bahadur Ali is, as we have seen, incapable of evading the most vulgar of art's temptations: that of being a genius. — Jorge Luis Borges
An idea is a method of evading, circumventing or surmounting through reflection, obstacles that otherwise would have to be attacked by brute force. — John Dewey
There is a beauty that arises from withholding judgment and evading comparison, a grace in not demanding consensus. — David Romtvedt
The truth about our childhood is stored up in our body, and although we can repress it, we can never alter it. Our intellect can… — Alice Miller
Why do I keep evading my work? Is it because Iâ€™m afraid of being confronted by my lack of abilities? — Candace Bushnell
Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and… — Paramahansa Yogananda
There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ideas cannot be fought except by means of better ideas. The battle consists, not of opposing, but of exposing; not of denouncing, but of disproving;… — Ayn Rand
I'll fight anybody my trainer puts me in with because I'm confident I can beat any fighter in the world. If anybody can see I'm… — Mike Tyson
The wealth of society is created by the workers, peasants and working intellectuals. If they take their destiny into their own hands, follow a Marxist-Leninist… — Mao Zedong
Wishing, hoping and regretting are the most common and dangerous tactics for evading the present. — Sammy Davis, Jr.
In this new war, our enemy's platoons infiltrate our borders, quietly blending in with visiting tourists, students, and workers. They move unnoticed through our cities,… — John Ashcroft
Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
You get hit the hardest when trying to run or hide from a problem. Like the defense on a football field, putting all focus on… — Criss Jami
Worry was my mother's mechanic, her mechanism for engaging with the machinery of living. Worry was an anchor for her, a hook, something to clutch… — Charles Yu
Do not be alarmed by simplification, complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths. — John Kenneth Galbraith
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. — Abraham Lincoln
My working method has more often than not involved the subtraction of weight. I have tried to remove weight, sometimes from people, sometimes from heavenly… — Italo Calvino
In overlooking, denying, evading this complexity--which is nothing more than the disquieting complexity of ourselves--we are diminished and we perish; only within this web of… — James A. Baldwin

Who Wrote These Evading Quotes

26 authors contributed a total of 29 Evading Quotes, led by these top contributors: