#avoid

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. ↗

— George Washington

#avoid #desire #instruments #insult #known

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

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#clear #gain #order #pain #pleasure

Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#conservatives #lost #must #schism #siren

The West wanted to avoid an Islamic state in Europe. ↗

— Franjo Tudjman

#europe #islamic #state #wanted #west

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#avoiding #death #equivalent #life

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. ↗

— Konrad Adenauer

#avoided #been #could #sum #sum total

Problem is, the bathroom pass can't help you escape life. It's still there when you come out. Problems and crap don't go away hiding in the can. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#high-school #life

He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#anna-karenina #avoiding #flattery #gaze #love

I glanced at Derek. The boy wonder didn't melt into a pile of goo, although his gaze was glued to Rowena's chest. Avoiding eye contact. Good strategy. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#derek #fantasy #good-strategy #ilona-andrews #magic-bites

I'm disappearing, avoiding most things. ↗

— Syd Barrett

#disappearing #i #most #things