Quotes of: Prevents Keyword

It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

Bertrand Russell

You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.

Bruce Schneier

There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

The natural barriers between England and Scotland were not sufficient to prevent the extension of the Saxon settlements and kingdoms across the border.

Goldwin Smith

The long-term solution in preventing another famine in Somalia is to promote self-reliance.

Hawa Abdi

This organization is created to prevent you from going to hell. It isn't created to take you to heaven.

Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

The bottom line is this. When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the problem, you're part of the solution.

Denis McDonough

In places like South Afghanistan, where cultural norms prevent men from entering homes, female vaccinators often make the difference between a closed or opened door.

Ksenia Solo

Think about what caused the injury and how it can be prevented next time; that way, you will become a smarter athlete and less likely to repeat the same mistakes.

Kevin R. Stone

As a society we're always so quick and able to spend money on lawyers for someone for incarceration, but we don't make the corresponding commitment to the preventative components of it.

Matt Gonzalez

Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.

Sue Townsend

One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear war.

Paul Wolfowitz

I take pride in knowing the NFL is pink in October, sparking conversations everywhere about breast cancer and prevention, all in the spirit of my mom.

DeAngelo Williams

I deeply believe that marriage is by nature between a man and a woman, but that conviction does not prevent me from recognising that other forms of affective relationships exist.

Sebastian Pinera

Being gay is not a terrible, tragic disease that requires prevention or treatment chosen for you by your parents.

Alice Dreger

As much as we can, we want to prevent people from having to think about how to keep and share their stuff.

Arash Ferdowsi

Insurance companies pay big bucks for procedures but next to nothing for patient consultations and preventive medicine, which is what most medicine is.

Alex Gibney

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

Bertrand Russell

Preventing a suicide is not necessarily a beneficent act if it forces the potential suicide to continue in a life of misery.

Life

At the end of the day, we're just trying to prevent each other from going mad.

Will Champion

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

W. Somerset Maugham