Quotes About Avoidance

The best way to end a war is not to begin it.

A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.

The important thing to remember about procrastination is that the perception of difficulty can be just as important as the actual difficulty. In addition, every day you don't do the task, it grows in your head, which makes the task seem more and more difficult.

There are only two ways the wicked and the thorns should be dealt with: crush them by your shoes or go away from them.

There is a superstition in avoiding superstition.

It's very rare that things are true about yourself that are on the Internet. It's just sad sometimes. So you definitely try and stay away from it as much as possible.

My reading as a child was lazy and cowardly, and it is yet. I was afraid of encountering, in a book, something I didn't want to know.

I know a lot of law officers, and every single one of them faces a moment - usually after about three hours on the job - when they realise that there's no connection between law and justice. The law, as an institution, avoids justice, subverts it, just as often as it sees it done.

I don't like to Google myself. I try and avoid it whenever I can.

I won't eat anything green.

I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.

I still have this habit, I guess, continued from college, where I procrastinate up until the last moment.

I'm like a kid, so I try to avoid haircuts as much as possible.

the creditors did not even bother to pursue her.

Getting out of trouble is a whole lot more of a hassle than staying out of trouble.

as a woman alone in a large house refrains from looking into mirrors, and instead busies herself with trivial errands, so that she may catch no glimpse of the thing whose feet she hears at times on the stairs.

If you are poor your very brother hates you And all your friends avoid you, sad to say.

I finally figured out what e-mail is for. It's for communicating with people you'd rather not talk to.

Esther always avoided asking questions of Lydley, who found an answer as she found a key, by pouring out a pocketful of miscellanies.

One didn't talk about one's feelings any more than one talked about taking out the garbage.

Most people are driven by fear or by avoidance of pain. Only a few are driven by the benefits.

People who avoid taxes, like corporations that move to Bermuda, are not paying their dues to their country. It is patriotic to be a taxpayer. It is traitorous to desert our country and not pay your dues.

I'm a crier. I always cry. I cry at the dumbest things, too. This is why I sort of steer clear of movies and films that I know are going to be depressing. I don't care how many awards they've won - I know they're good. I don't need to watch them, because I don't want to be depressed, and I don't want to cry.

I'm a walkawayer. If someone brings me a really crap meal in a restaurant I will tell them it's wonderful and then just never go to the restaurant again. I think that's the best way to do it generally, rather than sit and fight and annoy your head. Just pretend to enjoy it and then leave.