A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.
Thomas Hardy
A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
Theodore Roosevelt
At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure.
Seamus Heaney
I often work by avoidance.
Brian Eno
I'm from the Midwest, and I loved my family. I had a very good time as a child, but I was also - I have a theory about Jews growing up in the Midwest, that there is an ultimately sort of wonderful avoidance of a lot of things, and a great acceptance of whatever is happening.
Bob Balaban
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
The American Dream, the idea of the happy ending, is an avoidance of responsibility and commitment.
Jill Robinson
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
John Maynard Keynes
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.
Denis Healey
The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.
Thomas Hardy
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
To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education.
William Glasser
Unmarried couples should get married - that's an excellent tax avoidance measure, if a bit drastic.
John Whiting
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