Quotes About Avoidance

It looked exhausting and pointless, two things that should be avoided at all costs

I have a long list of things I'd rather not do.

If you wish to avoid an unpleasant story you had best put this book down

Oh!' Said Sunny, and everyone knew what she meant. She meant, 'What a terrible place! I don't want to live there at all!

Troublesome things tend to remain troublesome no matter how many times you do them, and that you should avoid doing them unless they are absolutely urgent.

One of the greatest myths in the world–and the phrase "greatest myths" is just a fancy way of saying "big fat lies"–is that troublesome things get less and less troublesome if you do them more and more. The truth is that troublesome things tend to remain troublesome no matter how many times you do them, and that you should avoid doing them unless they are absolutely urgent.

I had a list of ways I would prefer to die. Drowning was toward the bottom of the list. My top choice was "never.

Oh, no," he said. "We don't read the newspaper. It's too depressing. Our motto is 'No news is good news.

gingerly—the word "gingerly" here means "avoiding territorial crabs"—

two things that should be avoided at all costs

Si eres alérgico a algo es mejor no ponértelo en la boca, sobretodo si ese algo son los gatos.

If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.

He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking.

I won't go down the horrible street To see the horrible people I'll gladly climb the terrible stair That leads to the terrible steeple And the terrible rats And the terrible bats And the cats in the terrible steeple But I won't go down the horrible street To see the horrible people

Isn't it obvious in in today's world from people's preoccupation with self-medication, drug and alcohol use, rationalization and avoidance distraction that the truth doesn't just hurt, it's extremely painful.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions," Helen Keller pointed out. "Conclusions are not always pleasant."42 Most of us automatically shy away from conflict

If there is any thing disagreeable going on, men are always sure to get out of it.

Alas! (exclaimed I) how am I to avoid those evils I shall never be exposed to?

Now, how were his sentiments to be read? Was this like wishing to avoid her? And the next moment she was hating herself for the folly which asked the question.

You can't grow as a person," she said sadly, ignoring my joke, "when you close yourself off emotionally. It's all well and good saying you avoid pain by avoiding relationships, but what about the wonderful things you're avoiding as well? What about the joy and the intimacy and the trust that come with finding someone you love?

I heaved a large sigh of resignation and pushed off on my three-mile route, mapped out with great care to avoid hills and bakeries.

I'm a firm believer in denial. My reasoning is why deal with unpleasantness today when you could get hit by a bus tomorrow. And if you procrastinate long enough, maybe the issue will go away.

When in dread, my rule was always to procrastinate.

But it is imperative, for our own survival, that we avoiid one another, and what more successful means of avoidance are there than words? Language will keep us safe from human onslaught, will express for us our regret at being unable to supply groceries or love or peace.