He who avoids complaint invites happiness.

- Abu Bakr

The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.

- Evan Esar

The novel avoids the sublime and seeks out the interesting.

- Mason Cooley

An intellectual is someone who avoids the mundane by lowering his handicap.

- Richard Reeves

A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.

- Salvatore Quasimodo