"The only behaviour that is truly common is……" — Craig Brown
"The only behaviour that is truly common is to avoid doing something because you think others might consider it common."
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Craig Brown
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57 Quotes by Craig Brown
Craig Brown has 57 quotes on this site.
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Traditionally, wake-up calls are meant to wake you up rather than send you to sleep: the clue is in the…
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Comedy is the slave of time. What seemed funny then is unlikely to seem funny now, just as what strikes…
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Like many men who play tennis, when I hit a ball into the net, I tend to look daggers at…
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One of the many joys of tongue-twisters is that they serve no purpose beyond fun.
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It is only if you happen to be a newscaster that the tongue-twister spells peril.
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There are few things quite so effortlessly enjoyable as watching an eminent person getting in a huff and flouncing out…
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Over the years, the idea seems to have grown up that brightly coloured flowers are vulgar, and that the only…
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Tweeting is the go-to medium for the show-off and the shyster.
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I have twice met Jeffrey Archer, and on both occasions was struck by the firmness of his handshake - and…
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For some reason, it is always thrilling to spot your home town in the news.
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The first sign builders are on their way is when - hey, presto! - a skip appears outside your house.
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Just as there is something about an empty skip that makes you want to fill it, so there is something…
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More Avoid Quotes
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one of 2,552 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
— Aristotle
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Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United…
— Margaret Atwood
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Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid…
— Margaret Atwood
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I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid…
— Paul Auster
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Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them.
— Richard Bach
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I'd love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I'm in…
— Christian Bale
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Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.
— Joey Adams
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My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what…
— Martha Beck
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The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it…
— Conrad Black
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Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
— William Blake
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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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