20 Averse Quotes for You to Enjoy

I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life. B. F. Skinner

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I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion. Mary Shelley

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For black people who are really dark - and a lot of black people were averse to be dark skinned - it was believed that you'd be so dark that you couldn't see them at night unless they were smiling or you could see the whites of their eyes. At one time, it was a sharp comic barb that got levelled at some people. Kerry James Marshall

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Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am. Tom Bodett

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I'm generally risk averse, and most great entrepreneurs I know are as well. Jason Fried

Great Risk Entrepreneurs Generally Know Most Well Averse

I'm not averse to making a lot of money. But where does that end? I hang out with people with hundreds of millions of dollars. Is that the standard by which I should measure myself? Where does that take you if you're in my business? I think it takes you to pretty dark, corrupt places. Tim Ferriss

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There's no question that women are more risk averse, thoughtful, and deliberative. Dan Abrams

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I am not averse to politics, but that does not mean that I am going to join politics. Rahul Gandhi

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India's educated youth is skill-deficient, risk averse in attitude, and largely unemployable in the cutting-edge manufacturing sector. Subramanian Swamy

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Often we women are risk averse. I needed the push. Now, more than ever, young women need more seasoned women to provide that encouragement, to take a risk, to go for it. Once a glass ceiling is broken, it stays broken. Jennifer Granholm

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The mainstream of literary culture in the U.K. is very averse to writing about technology. Nick Harkaway

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I never grew up on a staple diet of Hindi cinema. In fact, when I was a VJ, I was averse to it. Purely because I could never imagine myself being an actor. Aditya Roy Kapur

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The British are supposed to be particularly averse to intellectuals, a prejudice closely bound up with their dislike of foreigners. Indeed, one important source of this Anglo-Saxon distaste for highbrows and eggheads was the French revolution, which was seen as an attempt to reconstruct society on the basis of abstract rational principles. Terry Eagleton

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I'm not averse to a bit of travel. O. T. Fagbenle

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There's an outline for each of the books that I adhere to pretty closely, but I'm not averse to taking it in a new direction, as long as I can get it back to where I need it to go. Justin Cronin

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I'm a fan of robust debate, and I'm not averse to engaging in the odd ad hominem attack myself. Mehdi Hasan

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Increase your company's average talent with each hire - founders tend to be pretty smart but willing to take on risk. Employees should be a lot smarter and less risk averse. Michael Seibel