Deter Quotes

66 quotes by 54 authors

This position will not be disputed, so long as it is admitted that the desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human… — Alexander Hamilton
[No one will be able to] deter the scientific mind from probing into the unknown any more than Canute could command the tides. — Warren E. Burger
We only have two things that we share in this life; we are born and we die. And what we do in between those times,… — Dawn Fraser
Military strikes on Afghanistan will not prevent something this terrible from happening again, for the simple reason that bombs will not deter people who are… — Jemima Khan
There is no more certain way to deter employment than to harass and penalize employers. — Henry Hazlitt
History has shown that the greater power of the gun is its power to deter. Bear in mind that criminals, by definition, target only victims… — Massad Ayoob
Never again will I allow our political self-interest to deter us from doing what we know to be morally right. Atrocity and terror are not… — Harrison Ford
My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill… — Loni Anderson
Obstacles can arise from good as well as bad circumstances, but they should never deter or overpower you. Be like the earth, which supports all… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression — John Foster Dulles
Our policy for the last many years has been to deter the Chinese government in Beijing from ever coming into the position where they thought… — Bob Filner
One theory is that we will make war look so attractive that we undermine the deterrent. That's Never Never Land. What we have now would… — Henry A. Kissinger
First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty. — Patricia Cornwell
We can see beyond the present shadows of war in the Middle East to a new world order where the strong work together to deter… — Dick Gephardt
The practice of gratitude is incompatible with negative emotions and may actually diminish or deter such feelings as anger, bitterness, and greed. — Sonja Lyubomirsky
As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it because we're too… — Jodi Picoult
If all boys could be made to know that with every breath of cigarette smoke they inhale imbecility and exhale manhood ... and that the… — Hudson Maxim
Among many who sought to deter me, was one dear old Christian gentleman, whose crowning argument always was, "The cannibals! you will be eaten by… — John Gibson Paton
A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be daunted; but nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by… — Henry David Thoreau
I perceive the world in fragments. It is somewhat like being on a very fast train and getting glimpses of things in strange scales as… — Grace Hartigan

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