Avoid Quotes

In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning.

Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.

If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.

I used to think of deathlike I suppose soldiers think of it: it was a possible thing that I could well avoid by my skill.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

There is hardly a better way to avoid discussion than by releasing an argument from the control of the present and by saying that only the future will reveal its merits.

We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

Avoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your friends. Don’t tell them anything.