Famous Quotes & Sayings

Judith Wright

Want to know if a given behavior is a soft addiction? If any of these characteristics apply, chances are it is: zoning out, avoiding feelings, compulsiveness, denial/rationalization, stinking thinking, and hiding or lying about the behavior.

Damien Hirst

I've spent a long time avoiding painting and dealing with it from a distance. But as I get older, I'm more comfortable with it.

Rodrigo Rato

The prospect of the fund declining to provide financial support would strengthen the incentives to implement sound policies, thus avoiding the need for fund support in the first place.

Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.

Tim Jackson

In short, avoiding the scourge of unemployment may have less to do with chasing after growth and more to do with building an economy of care, craft and culture. And in doing so, restoring the value of decent work to its rightful place at the heart of society.

We have made design adjustments with the intent of avoiding the shrine. We are pretty confident we will be able to avoid it.

We need to keep working to get our national surrogates to explain the facts - that the federal response was anemic and had been shortchanged by budget cuts and avoiding responsibilities like protecting Louisiana levees and wetlands.

We have a housing valuation issue. The time is now for raising interest rates and defusing these problems potentially by slowing down the economy a bit and avoiding a big necessary increase later and a consequential recession.

Frederick Sanger

I had remained in Cambridge concentrating only on basic research and avoiding as far as possible teaching or administrative responsibilities.

I felt like they were avoiding questions. They cut it (the meeting) short when people weren't done.

Boethius

If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.

He was younger than me in years but he was big brother at heart. He liked to look out for people. He hated to see people hurt. But he was always good at avoiding trouble; you know he just wanted to break it up and move on.

Raymond Loewy

My early colleagues and myself helped create the life styles of Americans and, by osmosis, of the rest of the world. I found it difficult to reconcile success with humility. I tried it first, but it meant avoiding the very essence of my career - total exhilaration and the ecstasy of creativity.

We could very well be 3-1. With a couple of breaks or avoiding some costly errors, we could be off to a strong start.

We do not think Murphy is out of the woods yet operationally and still recommend avoiding the stock.

We've been avoiding having (a sub-par) game) all season. Now this is water under the bridge. It's our one bad game. We move on.

Bing Gordon

Somehow, the company must stay true to the founding vision while avoiding the pitfalls of rapid growth - and perhaps survive the hiring of a previously successful executive who doesn't work out.

Henri Poincare

Invention consists in avoiding the constructing of useless contraptions and in constructing the useful combinations which are in infinite minority. To invent is to discern, to choose.

Serge Schmemann

Writing for adults and writing for young people is really not that different. As a reporter, I have always tried to write as clearly and simply as possible. I like clean, unadorned writing. So writing for a younger audience was largely an exercise in making my prose even more clear and direct, and in avoiding complicated digressions.

Richard Stanley

We are very proud of our track record in Korea and elsewhere in avoiding some of the problems that were seen in those markets.

Brad Stuart

We did a good job coming out ready to play. A lot of times after a road trip, you see teams come out flat so we did a good job of avoiding that.

Women are natural guerrillas. Scheming, we nestle into the enemy's bed, avoiding open warfare, watching the options, playing the odds.

Consumer spending is avoiding the mall-based, high-priced stores and is now drifting rapidly to the discount and low-priced segment.

Henry Hyde

as we enact these reforms, we must exercise some care in avoiding unforeseen consequences.

As President Bush prepares to visit India, the question is whether he can cement the improvement in US-India ties while avoiding negative spill-over effects.

It seems like it's the classic of classics. I think we had been avoiding it for a little while.

Mal Peet

It's extremely difficult to describe interestingly what happens on the pitch. Thousands of journalists write millions of words every week trying to do it, so your chances of avoiding cliche are very slim. And you're trying to write fiction, not a match report.

It started as a quiet and calm demonstration as we had promised for the sake of avoiding any hassles for the innocent bystanders but the police turned it into violence.

Craig Armstrong

It's all about being flexible, and avoiding choices whenever possible. Choices suck, they are inherently limiting.

It's a tough area. South of the school, there are high- and upper-middle-class citizens - lots of doctors, lawyers, teachers and principals. North of the school, where Jerome lived, you have the inner city. It's a pretty tough area. Jerome and his parents did a great job avoiding the pitfalls of that.

The airline's already slim chances of avoiding bankruptcy are dwindling rapidly.

Avoiding the sex offender registry ought to be a felony. If you have that felony status, police could (immediately) arrest.

Jon Daniels

Avoiding the arbitration process for the next two years with a core player such as Mark is an important step for both he and the club. We're hopeful the contract is the continuation of a relationship that will last well beyond the term of this agreement.