Famous quotes containing the word avoid:
“As a youth, I sought out decadence; as an elder, I try to avoid decay.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Essay writing is perhaps ... the easiest for the author and requires little more than what is called a fluency of words and a vivacity of expression to avoid dullness; but without ... a real foundation of matter ... an essay writer is very apt, like Dogberry in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, to think that if he had the tediousness of a king, he would bestow it all upon his readers.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)
“We best avoid wars by taking even physical action to stop small ones.”
—Anthony, Sir Eden (1897–1977)