Avoidance Of Question Quotes & Sayings

She looked like a woman talking about astronomical parallax, and that made her brilliantly beautiful. — Courtney Milan

The recreation of Neanderthals would be mainly a question of societal risk avoidance. — George M. Church

There is no question that an important service is provided to investors by investment companies, investment advisors, trust departments, etc. This service revolves around the attainment of adequate diversification, the preservation of a long-term outlook, the ease of handling investment decisions and mechanics, and most importantly, the avoidance of the patently inferior investment techniques which seem to entice some individuals. — Warren Buffett

Fortuna, that vicious slut. — John Kennedy Toole

There's green eyes in my eyes
And a lover on my mind
And I sing from the piano
Tear my yellow dress and
Cry and cry and cry
Over the love of you — Florence Welch

I envy that man who passes through life safely, to the world and fame unknown. — Euripides

We are running ourselves into a damaged earth. But I am optimistic. I believe that we can change; we must change. As a human race, we are very young and quite primitive. The sooner we learn the greatness of humanity the better off we will all be. — John Astin

Sexuality is important, but it's certainly not the most interesting or important thing happening to you right now. We live in a world that tells us that there are only two important things. One is the acquisition of goods and the other is either the acquisition or avoidance of sex, but it turns out that the question of who's a virgin and who's a virgout is not the most interesting question. — John Green

I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words. — Ann Hood

It is the beautiful thing about the Solati avoidance of asking straight question; it is easy to ignore them. — Kelly St. Clare

The ritual of the blood on the lintel of the door, which protected the Israelites from the angel of death, is an apotropaic (avoidance) ritual, such that the family in question would be 'passed over' by the aforementioned denizen of death. Later Jewish and Christian ideas that amalgamated this story with ideas about the scapegoat's providing a substitutionary remedy should not be read into the original tale. The scapegoat symbolized the removal of sin from the nation and perhaps the judging of a substitute. The blood of the Passover lamb on the door symbolized not a sacrifice for sin but rather protection from divine judgment. There is a difference. — Ben Witherington III

Historiology, always understood in its claim to possess the character of modern science, is a constant avoidance of history. Yet even in this avoidance, it still maintains a relation to history, and that makes historiology and the historiologist bivalent. If history is not explained historiologically and calculated in terms of a particular image for the specific ends of supporting a position and imparting a conviction, if history is instead placed back into the uniqueness of its inexplicability, and if, through this inexplicability, all historiological bustle and all the opinions and beliefs that arise from it are placed into question and into decision with respect to themselves, then what is being carried out is what could be called historical thinking. — Martin Heidegger

I take my hat off to you - or I would, if I were not afraid of showering you in spiders. — J.K. Rowling

Stand, you've been sitting much too long, there's a permanent crease in your right or wrong. — Sly Stone

These false Jews promote the filth of Hollywood that is seeding the American people and the people of the world and bringing you down in moral strength. ... It's the wicked Jews, the false Jews, that are promoting lesbianism, homosexuality. It's the wicked Jews, false Jews, that make it a crime for you to preach the word of God, then they call you homophobic! — Louis Farrakhan

A man must be master of his hours and days, not their servant. — William Frederick Book

The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race. — Jack Levine

I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt. — Elia Kazan

It takes a great deal of living to get a little deal of learning. — John Ruskin