#avoid

I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it. ↗

— Norah Jones

#anyone #avoid #element #i #like

I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#bloodshed #hard #i #labored #trouble

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. ↗

— Helen Keller

#bold #caught #danger #exposure #fearful

Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#drag #dust #end #in the end #just

I feel like the rap metal at the end of the 1990s destroyed rock music for everybody and suddenly everybody felt like they had to apologise for being in rock bands. People suddenly felt bad about wanting to reach massive audiences and the sense of theatre, that we have in our live show, became something to avoid. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#apologise #audiences #avoid #bad #bands

Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life. ↗

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

#agreement #ask #assumptions #avoid #clearly

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. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#avoid #beyond #goes #insofar #keep

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#asking #avoided #could #counted #device

If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing. ↗

— William Safire

#deal #editing #find #great #great deal

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

— William Safire

#cliches #last #least #like #plague