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Avoiding Quotes

Words on what we avoid, and why.

These avoiding quotes look at the different things people dodge, from their own feelings and habits to truth itself, and what it costs to keep doing that.

I love to invent - avoiding the truth. I need to dramatize.

Quotes by Sylvia Kristel

I'm disappearing, avoiding most things.

Quotes by Syd Barrett

Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important.

Quotes by Steven Seagal

Virtue consisted in avoiding scandal and venereal disease.

Quotes by Robert Cecil

Accept Quotes

I'm not consciously avoiding doing a lot of period drama, but I don't really seek it out either.

Quotes by Rebecca Hall

Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being.

Quotes by Paul Tillich

I've been avoiding journalists my whole life.

Quotes by Pattie Boyd

I'm not avoiding Fox, but they don't seem to want me to be on their shows much. I can't understand that.

Quotes by Michael Avenatti

Success means making profits and avoiding losses.

Quotes by Martin Zweig

Achieving Quotes

I learned to be with myself rather than avoiding myself with limiting habits; I started to be aware of my feelings more, rather than numb them.

Quotes by Judith Wright

I'm avoiding having an assistant because then I would become the horrible boss. I can't justify having an assistant as a 25-year-old; I just can't do it!

Quotes by John Francis Daley

Avoiding the all-too-typical divisive trappings of a takeover and creating instead a shared transnational culture - this is one of the most important lessons learned from combining Fiat and Chrysler to create FCA.

Quotes by John Elkann

Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.

Quotes by John D. MacDonald

Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure.

Quotes by Henry Petroski

Aim Quotes

Invention consists in avoiding the constructing of useless contraptions and in constructing the useful combinations which are in infinite minority.

Quotes by Henri Poincare

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

Quotes by Edsger Dijkstra

I've got a really canny knack for avoiding big punches or clean punches.

Quotes by David Haye

I think by laying it out for the viewer I'm avoiding the issue of bias.

Quotes by Dan Abrams

It's all about being flexible, and avoiding choices whenever possible. Choices suck, they are inherently limiting.

Quotes by Craig Armstrong

Become Quotes

I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a way of avoiding it.

Quotes by Brigitte Bardot

Frequently Asked Questions

What does avoiding yourself mean in this topic?
One quote describes learning to be with oneself rather than avoiding oneself through limiting habits, and becoming more aware of feelings instead of numbing them, framing avoidance as something to move away from in favor of self-awareness.
Is avoiding always framed negatively here?
Mostly, though not uniformly. One quote openly admits to loving invention as a way of avoiding the truth, needing to dramatize rather than confront things directly, which reads as a candid, almost playful self-critique rather than pure regret.
What does the quote about disappearing suggest?
It's brief and direct: "I'm disappearing, avoiding most things," a simple statement that ties avoidance to withdrawal rather than any specific event or reason given in the quote itself.
Does the topic connect avoidance to conflict?
Yes, one quote argues that while everyone has the right to defend themselves, that's not the same as defying common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation, treating unhealthy avoidance of conflict as its own separate issue worth naming.
What's the opposite of avoiding, according to these quotes?
The quotes point toward awareness and acceptance, being present with one's own feelings rather than dodging them. For more on that direction, see Accept.

They also make room for a more careful view: defending yourself is a right, but Become someone who avoids confrontation entirely has its own cost.