Prevent Quotes

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You must moderate yourself according to your strength. When you have done all that you can to see that no Christian is perverted, you must… — Vincent de Paul
The biggest shortage in the world is not oil or foodÂ-it's leadership. Why is it such a scarce resource? Because egos get involved. Most people… — Bob Davids
An iron rod being placed on the outside of a building from the highest part continued down into the moist earth, in any direction strait… — Benjamin Franklin
When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it. — Alan Paton
No one, no social group, can today avoid the commitment to contribute to the clean up of public finances in order to prevent the financial… — Giorgio Napolitano
Women need to become literary criminals, break the literary laws and reinvent their own, because the established laws prevent women from presenting the reality of… — Kathy Acker
In fact, without a specification of a creature's goals, the very idea of intelligence is meaningless. A toadstool could be given a genius award for… — Steven Pinker
The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect. Who, then, would wish to prevent me… — Evangelista Torricelli
The only method compatible with our notions of civilization and the race is to prevent the breeding of the unfit by sterilization and the deliberate… — Nikola Tesla
Crying purifies and cleanses. I once read about a scientific experiment which demonstrated that there are 38 toxic chemicals in a tear of sadness, while… — Iyanla Vanzant
Government and state can never be perfect because they owe their raison d'Ãªtre to the imperfection of man and can attain their end, the elimination… — Ludwig von Mises
Anything you want to do is possible; fear is not meant to prevent but to motivate your heart into the life you naturally think is… — Craig Stone
I cannot prevent the French from being French — Charles de Gaulle
The standard formulation on remedy is that it ought to cure past violations and prevent their recurrence. That's what antitrust is all about. — Charles James
Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades. — James Lovelock
It is better to prepare and prevent than it is to repair and repent. — Ezra Taft Benson
We are ever on the threshold of new journeys and new discoveries. Can you imagine the excitement of the Wright brothers on the morning of… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
The language 'It's too late' is very unsuitable for most environmental issues. It's too late for the dodo and for people who've starved to death… — Jeremy Grantham
The Purpose of Time is to Prevent Everything from Happening at Once — X. J. Kennedy
Prior to the PATRIOT Act, the ability of government agencies to share information with each other was limited, which kept investigators from fully understanding what… — Chris Chocola

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