Avoid

Famous quotes containing the word avoid:

“To avoid eye contact, kiss.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“If you would avoid uncleanness, and all the sins, work earnestly, though it be at cleaning a stable. Nature is hard to be overcome, but she must be overcome.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“I have no doubt that it was a principle they fought for, as much as our ancestors, and not to avoid a three-penny tax on their tea; and the results of this battle will be as important and memorable to those whom it concerns as those of the battle of Bunker Hill, at least.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)