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title: "Best Intervening Quotes"
description: "Browse 70 Intervening quotes by 66 authors. Discover the best Intervening sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a5/tom-hoover-54709_analysis_zen-culture-invites-us-to-experience-rea_1577396.jpg"
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> [Zen culture invites us to experience reality without the intervening distractions of intellect, categories, analysis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hoover/zen-culture-invites-us-to-experience-reality-without-the-intervening/)

[Tom Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hoover/)

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> [For healthy adult people, the really big thing we can foresee are ways of intervening in the ageing process, either by slowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-bostrom/for-healthy-adult-people-the-really-big-thing-we-can-foresee-are-ways/)

[Nick Bostrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-bostrom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/nick-bostrom-10771_adult_for-healthy-adult-people-the-really-big_281515.png)

> [Government intervention is not solving the problems, and in fact the governments around the world that are intervening the most in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-demille/government-intervention-is-not-solving-the-problems-and-in-fact-the/)

[Oliver DeMille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-demille/)

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> [When VAR was first introduced I think it was used regularly to try to get the right decision. But I think the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-howe/when-var-was-first-introduced-i-think-it-was-used-regularly-to-try-to/)

[Eddie Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-howe/)

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> [I mean, you hear the word 'globalization' over and over and over again. Globalization, globalization, globalization. Rarely has a word gone so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reich/i-mean-you-hear-the-word-globalization-over-and-over-and-over-again/)

[Robert Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reich/)

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> [The minute Mr. Putin decided to put his military forces in Syria, I went to see him. And I said, "Look, here's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-netanyahu/the-minute-mr-putin-decided-to-put-his-military-forces-in-syria-i/)

[Benjamin Netanyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-netanyahu/)

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> [Everything lives and perishes through magnetism; one thing affects another one, even at great distances, and its "congenitals" may be influenced to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/everything-lives-and-perishes-through-magnetism-one-thing-affects/)

[H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/)

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> [All sound heard at the greatest possible distance produces one and the same effect, a vibration of the universal lyre, just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/all-sound-heard-at-the-greatest-possible-distance-produces-one-and/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [People now know of the word intervention and think they understand what it means, but more often than not they go about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-pinsky/people-now-know-of-the-word-intervention-and-think-they-understand/)

[Drew Pinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-pinsky/)

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> [You know, it's trying to put toothpaste back in the tube. Not only are there a lot of outsiders intervening but this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kasich/you-know-it-s-trying-to-put-toothpaste-back-in-the-tube-not-only-are/)

[John Kasich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kasich/)

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> [Weight is caused by one element being situated in another; and it moves by the shortest line towards its centre, not by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/weight-is-caused-by-one-element-being-situated-in-another-and-it/)

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/)

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> [I think God isn't interested in intervening every time some little bad thing happens. God is interested in getting the message of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/i-think-god-isn-t-interested-in-intervening-every-time-some-little/)

[Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/)

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> [Each state claims the right to control interests foreign to itself when those interests are such that it can control them without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-bonaparte/each-state-claims-the-right-to-control-interests-foreign-to-itself/)

[Napoleon Bonaparte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-bonaparte/)

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> [It's something that's difficult to explain but I think all writers work this way to some extent, whether we're aware of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-miller/it-s-something-that-s-difficult-to-explain-but-i-think-all-writers/)

[Mary J. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-miller/)

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> [ I think everybody should have the choice \[with drugs\] the same as helmets. You should be able to say whether you want… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-barger/i-think-everybody-should-have-the-choice-with-drugs-the-same-as/)

[Sonny Barger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-barger/)

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> [Technology and television didn't dictate one path or the other - it was civil society and public policy intervening in creating alternative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/technology-and-television-didn-t-dictate-one-path-or-the-other-it-was/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

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> [People might have said we were scaremongering. But here we are: the Competition Commission is intervening, for the first time, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-burnham/people-might-have-said-we-were-scaremongering-but-here-we-are-the/)

[Andy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-burnham/)

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> [Our senses enable us to perceive only a minute portion of the outside world. Our hearing extends to a small distance. Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/our-senses-enable-us-to-perceive-only-a-minute-portion-of-the-outside/)

[Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/)

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> [To allow the fear to come on you and then pass through. If you keep cutting the fear off by intervening -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-nolte/to-allow-the-fear-to-come-on-you-and-then-pass-through-if-you-keep/)

[Nick Nolte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-nolte/)

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> [There are celestial sights more dazzling, spectacles that inspire more awe, but to the thoughtful observer who is privileged to see them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-lowell/there-are-celestial-sights-more-dazzling-spectacles-that-inspire-more/)

[Percival Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-lowell/)

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> [We may be proud that England is the ancient country of Parliaments. With scarcely any intervening period, Parliaments have met constantly for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/we-may-be-proud-that-england-is-the-ancient-country-of-parliaments/)

[John Bright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bright/)

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> [Regan has been amused, in the intervening years, to watch editors who rolled their eyes at Limbaugh scramble to try to duplicate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-regan/regan-has-been-amused-in-the-intervening-years-to-watch-editors-who/)

Judith Regan

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> [Militarism is the most energy-intensive, entropic activity of humans, since it converts stored energy and materials directly into waste and destruction without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-henderson/militarism-is-the-most-energy-intensive-entropic-activity-of-humans/)

[Hazel Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-henderson/)

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> [No woman need fear the effect of absence upon the man who honestly loves her. The needle of the compass, regardless of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/no-woman-need-fear-the-effect-of-absence-upon-the-man-who-honestly/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

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> [I eventually realized that direct experience is the most valuable experience I can have. Western man is so surrounded by ideas, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-crichton/i-eventually-realized-that-direct-experience-is-the-most-valuable/)

[Michael Crichton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-crichton/)

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> [ \[Concerning monotheistic religions\] The only thing these hysterical cults have in common is the belief that this world will be consumed, and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/concerning-monotheistic-religions-the-only-thing-these-hysterical/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [Christians and Jews go after those who have access to raw materials but who prevent access to them. Oil is the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdul-sattar-abu-risha/christians-and-jews-go-after-those-who-have-access-to-raw-materials/)

[Abdul Sattar Abu Risha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdul-sattar-abu-risha/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/292/abdul-sattar-abu-risha-41691_access_christians-and-jews-go-after-those-who-h_1696646.jpg)

> [Twenty to thirty years ago, who was making documentary films? Nobody. Well, relatively few people. It was an art form that had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/errol-morris/twenty-to-thirty-years-ago-who-was-making-documentary-films-nobody/)

[Errol Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/errol-morris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/errol-morris-2512_art_twenty-to-thirty-years-ago-who-was-makin_1463589.jpg)

> [My political philosophy as a libertarian says that government has no business intervening in any consensual private behavior. My professional ethic as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-paglia/my-political-philosophy-as-a-libertarian-says-that-government-has-no/)

[Camille Paglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camille-paglia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31f/camille-paglia-652_behavior_my-political-philosophy-as-a-libertarian_2242064.jpg)

> [For many parts of Nature can neither be invented with sufficient subtlety, nor demonstrated with sufficient perspicuity, nor accommodated unto use with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/for-many-parts-of-nature-can-neither-be-invented-with-sufficient/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0a/francis-bacon-297_aids_for-many-parts-of-nature-can-neither-be_660186.jpg)

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