Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient. Henry Ward Beecher American Clergyman More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes 55
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. Marcus Aurelius Roman Emperor More Marcus Aurelius Quotes 6
The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin. Harry Houdini More Harry Houdini Quotes 3
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled. Horace Roman Poet More Horace Quotes 3
With cyber bullying, you can't escape from it. Fifty-four percent of the kids who were bullied said they didn't know who was bullying them on the Internet. Robin Kowalski More Robin Kowalski Quotes 2
Drugs are marvelous if you want to escape, but reality is so rich, why escape? Geraldine Chaplin American Actress More Geraldine Chaplin Quotes 2
The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody. Albert Camus French Philosopher More Albert Camus Quotes 1
Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape. William S. Burroughs American Writer More William S. Burroughs Quotes 1
I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of normal work. Tanith Lee British Writer More Tanith Lee Quotes 1
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln American President More Abraham Lincoln Quotes 1
It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape. Voltaire French Writer More Voltaire Quotes 1
Netball is an outlet - an escape from the humdrum. There's nothing gives me such a kick. Well, nothing except vodka. Angela Farley More Angela Farley Quotes 1
The desire to escape normal life and do something different that engages the mind, body and spirit is in all of us. Clare Jones More Clare Jones Quotes 1
Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives. Bertrand Russell British Philosopher More Bertrand Russell Quotes 1
Guantanamo allows us to secure dangerous detainees without the risk of escape, while at the same time providing us with valuable intelligence information on how best to proceed in the war against terror and prevent future attacks. Jim Ryun American Athlete More Jim Ryun Quotes 0
I never wore glasses except when I had to read a teleprompter at an awards show or drive, so I didn't notice much. I could exist in my head. It was kind of my escape from the world and my protection. Nicole Kidman Actress More Nicole Kidman Quotes 0
Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities. William Lyon Mackenzie King Canadian Politician More William Lyon Mackenzie King Quotes 0
Reading is an escape, an education, a delving into the brain of another human being on such an intimate level that every nuance of thought, every snapping of synapse, every slippery desire of the author is laid open before you like, well, a book. Cynthia Heimel More Cynthia Heimel Quotes 0
While thought exists, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living. Cyril Connolly English More Cyril Connolly Quotes 0
Nobody's plotting to escape the accountability; they're just trying to help students get a fair chance. These are not malicious errors. Dan Clark More Dan Clark Quotes 0
The high-ceilinged rooms, the little balconies, alcoves, nooks and angles all suggest sanctuary, escape, creature comfort. The reader, the scholar, the browser, the borrower is king. David McCord American Poet More David McCord Quotes 0
Multiple hours a day on any of those activities decelerates communication with the family unit and can foster an escape from reality that, in time, becomes unhealthy. Dave Stone More Dave Stone Quotes 0
Anybody who plays jazz can't escape the shadow of John Coltrane. We've been playing various arrangements of Coltrane's music since the beginning, but we really wanted to get deeply into what is probably his most famous recording. David Balakrishnan More David Balakrishnan Quotes 0
You do anything long enough to escape the habit of living until the escape becomes the habit. David Ryan More David Ryan Quotes 0
As we look across the region, we have earthquake activity distributed throughout the entire bay area. There's really no escape. David Schwartz More David Schwartz Quotes 0