#avoidance

Fight for change? Thirst for difference? Start talking what men avoid talking about. ↗

— Toba Beta

#change #difference #fight #start-talking #taboo

There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about it. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#decisions #ideas #life #significance #thinking

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#avoidance #beginning #clear #contaminate #contemplate

Job's avoidance of rebellion against God has nothing to do with God being good or wise or anything like that; it's strictly because God is so powerful, and you don't fight something when you are so much weaker than that which you would fight. ↗

— George C. Williams

#anything #avoidance #because #being #fight

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

I often work by avoidance. ↗

— Brian Eno

#i #often #work

When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#anger #avoidance #because #bit #deal

I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#avoidance #deal #i #later #left

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward. ↗

— John Maynard Keynes

#any #avoidance #carries #intellectual #only

A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#calvin #calvin-and-hobbes #procrastination #procrastination