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Quotes About Dodging

Later he would declare that "not getting hit was like running through rain and not getting wet.
~ James D. Bradley
He lives like a fugitive to avoid becoming a hired killer in Uncle Sams Army.
~ James Leo Herlihy
It's been frustrating. Since I've broken into the top five, I've seen the politics of fighters dodging fights, cherry picking fights and this that and the other.
~ Jimi Manuwa
He'll try again. With money to pay lawyers you can do a lot of dodging. That's one of the disadvantages of being poor, you don't dare kill anybody.
~ Rex Stout
Anxiety is like being in freeway traffic all the time. There's the constant sense of dodging and darting, seeking your chance to cut in, the irritation of others pulling ahead of you. You hit the accelerator, you slam the brakes. You scout and scan for danger.
~ Deb Caletti
Curfew was in effect, so of course everyone not human was outside dodging cops.
~ Kim Harrison
As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested in dodging a blow than in striking one.
~ Gene Tunney
A hundred to one says you weren't able to secure insurance for this little operation. True. I knew better. I didn't even try. So if a starfighter goes down and gets blown up, you're paying for it out of pocket, correct? Dodging the bogeys is better for all of us. I can't stress that enough.
~ Aaron Allston
If I can't be personal, I don't want to argue," said his hostess categorically. "I may be missing your points, but you're much too busy dodging mine.
~ Dorothy Dunnett
I'm really good at evading punches.
~ Tecia Torres
Anyway, we were both busy ducking
~ Franklin W. Dixon
The only thing I shall talk about is my sporting achievements at school. My primary sporting achievement at school was that I dodged games for two complete years and was well through the third year before they discovered that I had completely avoided all games.
~ John Hume
Corporate tax dodging impacts us across generations and over time. It is corrosive. It is unethical. It is unsustainable.
~ James P. Hoffa
Greenspan calls this "spiritual bypassing"—using religion to dodge the dark emotions instead of letting it lead us to embrace those dark angels as the best, most demanding spiritual teachers we may ever know.
~ Barbara Brown Taylor
She was italicising every other word, with that deadly, glittering brightness that a woman puts on when she is dodging a moral obligation. He
~ George Orwell
My head aches every time Donald Trump successfully dodges a question with this reoccurring tactic. What's his worst offense? I don't know. How long is this article?
~ Chrissy Teigen
She was busy trying to stab me to death with her umbrella and I was busy trying to dodge." He made a little face. "She was better at her stabbing than I was about dodging.
~ Emma Goldrick
Is she your first girlfriend?" I asked, my tone gentle. "I told you, she's not really my girlfriend," he said, ducking the question. "If she's occupying enough of your attention to keep you in bed until the sun sets, I feel safe using the word as shorthand.
~ Barry Eisler
Dodging into a tiny gap between two stone dens
~ Erin Hunter
Developing countries are losing significant tax revenues through corporate tax dodging.
~ Winnie Byanyima
That's it. Evasion is key.
~ Stefan Zweig
Nobby would nick anything and dodge anything, but he wasn't bad. You could trust him with your life, although you'd be daft to trust him with a dollar.
~ Terry Pratchett
If I can't be personal, I don't want to argue," said his hostess categorically. "I may be missing your points, but you're much too busy dodging mine.
~ Dorothy Dunnett
and if it rains this week, you might ought to practice running between the raindrops." "Why would I do that?" Nick asked. "So that you can be really good at dodging bullets. Bye now." Harry ended the call.
~ Carolyn Brown