Avoidance Quote by Henry Watson Fowler Download Open image “The obvious is better than obvious avoidance of it.” — Henry Watson Fowler ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Avoidance Obvious
Avoidance has never been a great tactic in solving any problem. For most situations in life, not addressing what's going on only makes matters… — Luvvie Ajayi Copy Share Image
Avoidance doesn’t solve anything; it merely serves as a temporary salve. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
When your mind tries to verify a preconceived notion you can miss the obvious. — James Cook Copy Share Image
The obvious danger is that in some situations [denial] can lead to procrastination in seeking help or to avoidance of action that might prevent… — Shlomo Breznitz Copy Share Image
When you have nothing to say, or to hide, there is no need to be prudent. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
In my experience when I do try to avoid something, it makes its way into the work anyway. To be in front of it… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought. — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
I personally think that if you deny something or if you hide something you're inadvertently admitting it's wrong. — Amber Heard Copy Share Image
The way I look at it is, if you don't want somebody to know something, don't say it. If you don't want them to… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
“Some people will make nonsense excuses to avoid things they have no interest in doing.” — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
The writer's Queen Victoria is his public, and he would do well to keep a bust of the old Queen on his desk with… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Anyone who finds himself putting down several commas close to one another should reflect that he is making himself disagreeable. — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
After all, it is an ancient and valuable right of the English people to turn their nouns into verbs when they are so minded. — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Quotation... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he can give it himself,… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
The purpose of paragraphing is to give the reader a rest. The writer is saying . . . : Have you got that? If… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force. — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
We tell our thoughts, like our children, to put on their hats and coats before they go out. — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Those who are addicted to the phrase "to use a vulgarism" expect to achieve the feat of being at once vulgar and superior to… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Unmarried couples should get married - that's an excellent tax avoidance measure, if a bit drastic. — John Whiting Copy Share Image
“Collect yourself: to smother what you feel, recall to order, summon in one place; making, like Orpheus, a system against loss.” — Ruth Padel Copy Share Image
“People spend entire lifetimes trying to avoid the things that have already happened.” — Silvia Hartmann Copy Share Image
America is not static. America is striving. And sometimes, America requires critique. Jingoism is an avoidance of realism. You can simultaneously love and be… — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
I am not in favour of the takeover of excellent and strategically important British companies by struggling foreign firms whose actions are fuelled by… — David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville Copy Share Image
Most human behavior is nothing other than the avoidance of pain and the pursuit of pleasure. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
You can gain power by avoidance. You can gain power by doing certain things. You can gain much more power by meditating. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I've been trying to avoid my problems, and I don't know what to do. I get high, but when I come down, my problems… — Eugene Nathaniel Butler Copy Share Image
All the textbooks talk about avoidance as a classic hallmark of anxiety disorder. So you need a therapist who is sympathetic and understanding but… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
I read recently in an article by G.K. Chesterton, that sex without gestation and parturition is like blowing the trumpets and waving the flags… — Dora Russell Copy Share Image
Be truthful... and pay attention. I would also recommend the avoidance of credit cards. — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
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