Avert Quotes

53 quotes by 52 authors

I did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humanity created by… — Joseph Rotblat
May I examine my mind in all actions and as soon as a negative state occurs, since it endangers myself and others, may I firmly… — Dalai Lama
Sex cannot be understood because nature cannot be understood. Science is a method of logical analysis of nature's operations. It has lessened human anxiety about… — Camille
As he rounded the corner, he saw two dozen men, naked to the waist, digging a hole thirty yards square at the side of the… — Sebastian Faulks
In the face of an absolutely unprecedented emergency, society has no choice but to take dramatic action to avert a collapse of civilization. Either we… — Gro Harlem Brundtland
To avert disaster, we have not only to teach men to make things but to teach them to have complete moral control over what they… — Prince Charles
The observance of Lent is the very badge of Christian warfare. By it we prove ourselves not to be enemies of Christ. By it we… — Pope Benedict XIV
John F. Kennedy:] Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring down an adversary to the choice… — Elie Abel
However, in spite of the general perception that monetary policy should be conducted so as to avert deflation, a central bank cannot lower interest rates… — Toshihiko Fukui
The window of opportunity to avert famine is rapidly closing and could already have closed. The real issue facing us is not whether there will… — Catherine Bertini
Our courage is greater to dare a visible than an imagined danger. A visible danger rouses our energies to meet or avert it; a fancied… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Either the future is subject to chance--in which case nobody, not even a god, can affect it one way or the other--or it is predestined,… — Quintus Tullius Cicero
Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran. But when the veteran… — Al Franken
It's not white versus black any more, it's haves versus have-nots. Unless the black middle-classes unite to promote the interests of the black underclass, tension… — Henry Louis Gates
By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving… — Iain Duncan Smith
The New Deal is plainly an attempt to achieve a working socialism and avert a social collapse in America; it is extraordinarily parallel to the… — H.G. Wells
The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as… — Theodore Roosevelt
To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes. — Akira Kurosawa
To survive, to avert what we have termed future shock, the individual must become infinitely more adaptable and capable than ever before. We must search… — Alvin Toffler
You can't spend the rest of your life tiptoeing around to try and avert disaster. It won't work. You'll just end up missing the life… — Kim Edwards

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