Escapes Quotations

Making the best of things is... a damn poor way of dealing with them. My whole life has been a series of escapes from that quicksand.

Not by the forces of civil war can you govern the very weakest woman. You can kill that woman, but she escapes you then; you cannot govern her. No power on earth can govern a human being, however feeble, who withholds his or her consent.

A very small cause which escapes our notice determines a considerable effect that we cannot fail to see, and then we say that the effect is due to chance.

Nothing escapes God's knowledge. This is proved by the witness of the Scriptures and the analogy of the sun, which, although created, yet by its light or heat enters into all things.

No coach, no matter how successful, ever completely escapes the pressure of winning.

Nobody escapes from this. Everyone in the valley is exposed to some degree. But there are a lot of options to combat this, and the benefits of improving the air quality are substantial.

I can't remember a time, really, when I haven't been a writer. Reading and writing were the two great escapes of my life and I suppose they still are.

GLUTTON, n. A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.

We can just put the old fire escapes in Jack's parking space,

Others mistrust and say: "But time escapes - live now or never!" He said: "What's time? Leave Now for dogs and apes - Man has For ever

Surely you do not disbelieve the prophecies, because you had a hand in bringing them about yourself? You don't really suppose, do you, that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck, just for your sole benefit? You are a very fine per

It escapes all logic. We aren't able to understand all things. It is a matter of faith ... to trust that God is in control.

I was most impressed with how dominant we were. My kids gave up only four points all night and two came on escapes where we let them up. We're battle tested, rested and healthy.

Finn is just a stormtrooper, and stormtroopers are no longer clones, so they are bred from birth to fight. He's not too sure about it, so he escapes and meets Rey and Poe and BB8, and their stories kind of mesh together, and they go on a major adventure.

Every adult has the right to choose who they wish to spend their lives with, and we're all capable of making mistakes, but no one escapes with their self-regard intact.

It would need to have the Super Bowl every week to make it worth it, ... Why New Orleans believes it needs the Superdome to be a well known vacation city escapes me.

These new findings are significant because they show that our technique is effective in finding ice when it is on the surface and that we can therefore firmly conclude that most of the water vapor that escapes from comets is contained in ice particles found below the surface.

Adam was winning by one late, but he was called for stalling to tie the match. It was kind of a tough call right there. Then their guy escapes in overtime to get the win. You can't fault Adam there. He wrestled a very good match.

A lot of people say we should revise the tax code to raise more revenue. Overall, I'm more moderate. We have to keep our revenue and expenditures in line with our growth. It is like a family check book. Our spending must be within our means. It sounds simple, but it is a philosophy that escapes many people at the State House.

They had two or three escapes and a couple of riots before our folks got there,

For city dwellers like me who don't get to vacation in the summer, no filmmaker can so effectively make you feel like you went to France for August, fell in love, got hurt, broke up, grew up, and figured some things out - all in 90 minutes or so. My favorite of Rohmer's cinematic escapes is 'La Collectionneuse.'

Their goaltender bailed them out big-time. It's just one of those things where it escapes four sets of eyes. It's a shame because we certainly earned it.

He only gave up three escapes and then he basically just took them back down.

You could tell immediately there was a great history to this guy, as revealed in the pilot. He has a sense of confidence about how things will turn out. He has great charm and great wit and is incredibly intelligent and meticulous. Nothing escapes him.

The ultimate meaning of the Bible escapes human limits and calls us to a recognition that every life is holy, every life is loved, and every life is called to be all that that life is capable of being.

He that pays ready Money, escapes or may escape that Charge.

. . . you know nothing about Hope, that immortal, delicious maiden forever courted forever propitious, whom fools have called deceitful, as if it were Hope that carried the cup of disappointment, whereas it is her deadly enemy, Certainty, whom she only escapes by transformation.