Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid immediate alliteration and assonance in favor of echoes placed later in the poems.
Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
There is no way now to get around some use of embryos. But my goal is to avoid using them.
Regarding Syria, we already call for dialogue between Syria and all parties concerned, in order to avoid any kind of escalation in the region which may expose the whole area to chaos.
More cuts were needed to avoid exiting the eurozone.
As a rule, anything that is pretty you avoid when on an expedition in the polar extremes. Normally anything other than white means a hazard such as a crevasse.
A pattern is a guide or a model. Patterns are used in sewing and knitting, in wood and metalworking, and in a wide variety of other productive pursuits, activities, and jobs. Patterns help to avoid waste and unwanted deviations and facilitate uniformity that is appropriate and beneficial.
Avoid fatty foods, Bensonhurst, and hair care products.
The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.
Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.
Congress was designed by the Founding Fathers to move slowly, precisely to avoid the sudden panic of a one-week solution that becomes a 20-year mess.
Even though the moniker 'Vanilla ISIS' is tongue in cheek, it is a reminder to avoid constantly framing the concept of terrorism through an Islam-centric lens.
As a general rule, governments are wise to avoid taxation that is voluntary, as they need a steady stream of income.
Avoid context and specifics; generalize and keep repeating the generalization.
I try to avoid gaining weight as much as possible because it hinders my performance onstage. Touring demands so much energy.
I've had my fair share of colds, which last longer than they should and can cause wheezing, so I avoid people who are sneezing like the plague and am scrupulous about hygiene and hand-washing.
Hyperbole is something I'd better avoid.