Copout Quotes & Sayings

A married woman, the safest place for any woman to be is at home with her husband. — Ann Coulter

Conformity is not an admirable trait. Conformity is a copout. It threatens self-awareness. It can lead groups to enforce rigid and arbitrary rules. — Alexandra Robbins

I like the Americans for a great many reasons. I like them because even the modern thing called industrialism has not entirely destroyed in them the very ancient thing called democracy. I like them because they have a respect for work which really curbs the human tendency to snobbishness. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

We can all control our own destiny. And I think sometimes it's a copout to say, "Well, it's this person's fault or another person's fault." — Joel Osteen

She had surrendered her virtue at six-and-ten, to a beautiful blond-haired sailor on a trading galley up from Lys. He only knew six words of the Common Tongue, but "fuck" was one of them - the very word she'd hoped to hear. — George R R Martin

She was a beautiful woman, if not a happy one, and attracting a man was never a problem. Keeping one, however, was a different matter. — Lisa Kleypas

A perfect society is built upon mutual trust. Character is the source of that trust. — Sri Chinmoy

What life and death may be to a turkey is not my business; but the soul of Scrooge and the body of Cratchit are my business. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

The Bostonians take their learning too sadly: culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their "Hub," as they call it, is the paradise of prigs. — Oscar Wilde

When I look in the mirror and the only one there is me
Every freckle on my face is where it's suppose to be
And I know my creator didn't make no mistakes on me
My feet, my thighs, my Lips, my eyes, I'm loving what I see — India.Arie

There is a saying that when someone is struck down without warning that he "didn't know what hit him." It's a bit of a copout, providing the excuse that what happened wasn't the individual's fault at all. That it couldn't have been avoided and no one is to blame.

Frankly, that's just a bunch of hokey horseshit. — Pete Kahle

Yes, it's vital to make lifestyle choices to mitigate damage caused by being a member of industrialized civilization, but to assign primary responsibility to oneself, and to focus primarily on making oneself better, is an immense copout, an abrogation of responsibility. — Derrick Jensen

The three roles that I have always admired are Valjean, Phantom and Jesus and I've enjoyed them all so much. — Hugh Panaro

Architects are not clients. We can't build without something to built. — Richard Rogers

This may sound like a copout, but character and plot are equally important to me. I don't think the reader can engage uninteresting, compelling characters. Similarly, even interesting characters can't salvage a plot that's boring or that's riddled with holes. — Ed Duncan

The Christian views trials as a pathway to maturity. — Matt Chandler

By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to be perfectly honest with you. I know it's a bit of a copout. — Jo Brand

We were big Saturday Night Live and Eddie Murphy fans. — Illeana Douglas