Avoid Quotes

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.

Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.

It's really American to avoid paying taxes, legally.

I try to avoid typecasting by doing different roles.

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

The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.

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.

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

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.

The Supreme Court has never ruled that Congress can use the Commerce Clause to require individuals to engage in an activity they have chosen to avoid. Yet that is precisely what Obamacare does: It forces Americans without health insurance to purchase coverage. Such a requirement is unprecedented and unconstitutional.

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.

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.