B. F. Skinner

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.

American Psychologist

Heston Blumenthal

As we get older, we tend to become more risk averse because we tend to find reasons why things won't work. When you are a kid, you think everything is possible, and I think with creativity it is so important to keep that naivety.

English Chef

Jennifer Granholm

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.

American Politician

Eric Betzig

Frankly, I guess, I don't really understand why people, why so many people, are so risk averse. You know, there's always ways to wiggle your way out of any situation if you're motivated enough.

American Physicist

Joshua Foer

There is a short window at the beginning of one's professional life, when it is comparatively easy to take big risks. Make the most of that time, before circumstances make you risk averse.

American Journalist

Poonam Dhillon

Who doesn't like having love, companionship, care and affection? I get plenty of that from my family and friends. But I'm not averse to marriage.

Indian Actress

Prateik Babbar

I am not averse to the idea of being in a relationship. In fact, I think everything in this world can be solved through love.

Indian Actor

Laura Dern

I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.

American Actress

Ken Livingstone

English Politician

O. T. Fagbenle

British Actor

Typically indicates a deep level of discomfort or dislike towards something.

Negative Emotion

Averse implies a strong feeling, not just a slight preference against.

Intensity Matters

Often followed by 'to' when expressing aversion to a specific action or thing.

Used with 'To'

 I believe that when you push people away from that, you're pushing them more towards failure. I believe that when you train your employees to be risk averse, then you're preparing your whole company to be reward challenged. I feel like that what has to happen moving forward is we need to encourage people to take risks.

Morgan Spurlock: The...

 have started the year which is which is just so fun we're no longer averse to word problems because we've redefined what a word problem is we're no longer intimidated I math cuz we're slowly redefining what math is this has been a lot of fun I encourage Matthews as I talked to to use multimedia because it

Math class needs a...

 I don't think anybody knows, but I'm not averse to, once that's happened, to see whether or not the prediction that we would make, that I did make before, actually holds up. Did the organism evolve to mildness in a place like Chile, which has some of the most well protected water supplies

Paul Ewald: Can we...

 is extremely sensitive. So for example, we're born loving the taste of something sweet and reacting aversively to the taste of something bitter. We also find that people are more averse to losing than they are happy to gain. The formula for a happy marriage

Nancy Etcoff: Happiness...

 We're no longer averse to word problems, because we've redefined what a word problem is. We're no longer intimidated by math, because we're slowly redefining what math is. This has been a lot of fun. I encourage math teachers I talk to to use multimedia,

 fighting fire with fire the fiery is met with fiery and no one seems willing to turn down the temperature rather than building bridges and relationships based on mutual understanding or shared respect this oppositional nuanced averse posture

How to disrupt...

 to dawdle, to dilly dally, to monkey around, to make meaningless marks, to do something of little value, substance or import, and -- my personal favorite -- to do nothing. No wonder people are averse to doodling at work.

Sunni Brown: Doodlers,...

 In other cultures, people go to extraordinary lengths not to interact at all. People from Denmark tell me that many Danes are so averse to talking to strangers, that they would rather miss their stop on the bus

Why you should talk to...

 in australia's northern territory a famously sun averse mammal is wrestling with the temperature

Bats Dodge Crocodile...

 the nymphs are indiscriminate and voracious hunters and are not averse to cannibalism