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Plague Quotes

On what haunts, and what humanity hopes to end.

Here "plague" shifts between metaphor and literal meaning - an artist describing hallucinations that won't leave them alone, and a broader hope to end actual disease and suffering on the planet.

To be fair, I don't think it's a plague to say I have the misfortune of making movies for a living.

Quotes by A. J. Bowen

My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.

Quotes by Yayoi Kusama

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

Quotes by William Safire

Please your eye and plague your heart.

Quotes by William Cobbett

Avoid Quotes

The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally necessary character. The bubonic plague was an extraordinarily powerful social reality, but no one would have regarded it as vitally necessary.

Quotes by Wilhelm Reich

Our meaning is to make our little planet Earth a better place to live, to stop wars, disarm nuclear missiles, to stop diseases, AIDS, plague, cancer and to stop pollution.

Quotes by Uri Geller

The Bears treat offense as if it's bubonic plague.

Quotes by Tony Kornheiser

I had assumed that I would age with all my friends growing old around me, dying off very gradually one by one. And here was a plague that cut them off so early.

Quotes by Thom Gunn

Facebook and Twitter are like a horrible digital plague.

Quotes by Steven Berkoff

Best Quotes

We cannot afford the creeping paralysis that destroys the effective will of democracy - the paralysis carried by hate and rancor, between class and class, person and person, party and party, as plague is carried through the streets of a...

Quotes by Stephen Vincent Benet

The Renaissance took place in chaos and plague.

Quotes by Shiva Ayyadurai

I'd move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack.

Quotes by Russell Crowe

One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.

Quotes by Robert Burton

Avoid cynical and negative people like the plague. They are killers of potential.

Quotes by Rick Pitino

Better Quotes

The idea of infection began to be taken far more seriously than it ever had before. Hospitals transformed themselves in response to the new plague - sometimes for the better, but often for the worse, as when, in fear, they...

Quotes by Peter Lewis Allen

While Secretary Napolitano may be gone, she will not be forgotten. Her inaction and incompetence on border security will continue to plague our nation for years to come.

Quotes by Paul Gosar

I avoid subways like the plague because I'm claustrophobic.

Quotes by Patty Griffin

I think making a film is as much knowing what you don't like as what you do like, and avoiding the things that you don't like like the plague and making sure that they never appear onscreen in any shape...

Quotes by Panos Cosmatos

I believe that incentivized prizing is the best solution to help unlock the answers to the some of the profound problems that plague our planet.

Quotes by Naveen Jain

Chaos Quotes

Yeah, I don't deal with current events or pop culture, and I avoid politics like the plague.

Quotes by Max Cannon

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the word 'plague' used in these quotes?
It appears both literally, referring to disease, and figuratively, describing obsessive images or ideas that won't leave someone alone.
Is there a quote about creativity here?
Yes, an artist describes translating hallucinations that plague them into sculptures and paintings, turning discomfort into creative work.
Do any quotes touch on writing advice?
One urges writers to steer clear of cliches as if they were contagious, a classic piece of guidance about avoiding tired phrasing.
Is there a quote about global issues?
Yes, one expresses hope to end wars, disease, and pollution together, listing plague alongside other threats to a better world.
What other pages relate to this theme?
Explore Avoid or Better for more on steering clear of harm and pursuing improvement.

One line even turns cliche-avoidance into its own warning. For more on steering clear of pitfalls, see Avoid or Better.