Avoid Quotes

I wanted to show that crime doesn't pay. If you are saved and accept the Lord, you cannot use that as an excuse to avoid punishment.

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

The best way to avoid a bad action is by doing a good one, for there is no difficulty in the world like that of trying to do nothing.

I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.

From the point of the view of the nation's power, it was obvious that while we were fighting the Sino-Japanese war, every effort was to be made to avoid adding to our enemies and opening additional fronts.

I try to avoid wearing black because sometimes it's the easy option. But I'm young, so it's nice to be able to play with color and not just wear black all the time. I can save that for when I'm older.

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.

You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid criticism is to do nothing.

It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

Well, acting was just in me and I tried to avoid it. I didn't want to do what my parents did, you know?

You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.

Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.

We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will.

Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.

It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

It was really weird, when this thing started, to hear lawyers and MTV people calling me and actually saying 'ButtHead.' People tried to avoid it too.

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

A big part of finding the right resources is knowing what to look for and what to avoid.

To avoid ignorance and bullying, I've had to hide the fact that I'm a troll. You have no idea how much time and money I've spent on electrolysis and hair dye and reconstructive surgery so I can look like this.

When you try to avoid the pain, it creates greater pain.

But it is equally incontrovertible that if our intelligence gathering process is seriously flawed, we had better find out and find out fast if we are to avoid another Sept. 11.

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.

Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.

There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.