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Quotes About Shun

SHUN the gossip of men as much as possible, for discussion of worldly affairs, even though sincere, is a great distraction inasmuch as we are quickly ensnared and captivated by vanity.
~ Thomas a Kempis
I think cyberbullying someone who states their opinion, especially a woman, is sadly a norm these days, and it happens daily to not just stars/actors. We have to consistently condemn and shun it so that it never gets the power it doesn't deserve to have over the society.
~ Parvathy
He said that the notion that evil is seldom rewarded was greatly overspoken for if there were no advantage to it then men would shun it and how could virtue then be attached to its repudiation?
~ Cormac McCarthy
Some consider the puzzles that are created by their omissions as spicy challenges, without which their texts would be boring; others shun clarity lest their work is considered trivial.
~ Edsger Dijkstra
What was it about crazy people that made you want to shun them? The futility of reasoning with them, certainly, but also something else, something like a fear of contagion.
~ Jeffrey Eugenides
Perish the thought!
~ Colley Cibber
Do you know what, I don't even like dancing.
~ Leo Sayer
Dodge all the suckas.
~ Young Dolph
You could say I try to eliminate people.
~ Avery Bradley
Please fut up, Shun," he interrupted. "Shine, I'll fut up." At long last I caught a glimpse of his old smirk. "I thought you wouldn't poke fun at my peach insteadiment," he muttered. "But I love peaches.
~ Unknown
He remembered Bertolt Brecht: I would also like to be wise. In the old books it says what wisdom is: To shun the strife of the world and to live out Your brief time without fear All this I cannot do.
~ Madeleine Thien
Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to.
~ Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
It is easier to stay out than get out.
~ Mark Twain
Exceptional men do not hold their experiences to be out of the ordinary or of interest to anyone else. Unlike the trodden fungus-men, they are not so ignorantly and presumptuously self-absorbed. They are nobody and they know it. They shun notice. They are exceedingly rare.
~ Nick Tosches