Evitable Quotes & Sayings

Michael Pollan: "The industrialization--and dehumanization--of American animal farming is a relatively new, evitable, and local phenomenon: no other country raises and slaughters its food animals quite as intensively or as brutally as we do."
U.S. consumers may take our pick of reasons to be wary of the resulting product: growth hormones, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, unhealthy cholesterol composition, deadly E. coli strains, fuel consumption, concentration of manure into toxic waste lagoons, and the turpitude of keeping confined creatures at the limits of their physiological and psychological endurance. — Barbara Kingsolver

It's who we are in the still points that defines us. — Katie Kacvinsky

Except for our bodies there are no other temples in the world — Rajneesh

That little bird has chosen his shelter. Above it are the stars and the deep heaven of worlds. Yet he is rocking himself to sleep without caring for tomorrow's lodging, calmly clinging to his little twig, and leaving God to think for him. — Martin Luther

Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations Employees must follow applicable laws, rules and regulations at all times. Employees with questions about the applicability or interpretation of any law, rule or regulation, should contact the Legal Department — Anonymous

You introduced me to Danger and Will Robinson, but you neglected to acquaint me with the other two."
"Fine,But you can't make fun of their names. They're very sensitive."
"I would never."
I pointed in the general vicinity of my left ovary, "This is Beam Me Up." Then to my right. "And this is Scotty. — Darynda Jones

Pain is evitable. Suffering is optional. — Kathleen Casey

Steph?"
"Huh?" I still had my hands on his stomach, and I could feel him laughing.
"I can smell something burning, babe. You must be thinking."
It wasn't my brain that was on fire. I felt around a little with my fingertips.
He shook his head. "Don't encourage me. This isn't a good time." He removed my hands from his stomach and took another look at the cuts. "How did this happen? — Janet Evanovich

We are like clay containers filled with a beautiful treasure. So often it has been the love of Jesus expressed through the life of someone I know that has made a difference in my life. — Roy Lessin

The snow wasn't deep - in many places its crust was firm enough that they actually walked on top of it - but the wind was surgical, a precision instrument with needles for teeth, and it found even the tiniest exposed places on her skin, attacking them. — Joe Schreiber

War is evitable if conditions are such that the costs of making war are higher than the benefits. — Frans De Waal

My errors are by now natural and incorrigible; but the good that worthy men do the public by making themselves imitable, I shall perhaps do by making myself evitable. — Michel De Montaigne

In general, nine-tenths of our happiness depends on our health alone. — Arthur Schopenhauer

What had seemed like love was betrayal — Claudia Gray

When the war seems inevitable, work more to make it evitable! No man gain honour by making war! — Mehmet Murat Ildan