Prevent Quotes

1159 Prevent quotes by 860 unique authors

...“Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,” exclaimed Anne. “You mayn’t get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
In 1971, after seven years in college, with that magic piece of paper clutched triumphantly in my fist, the best job I was able to… — Spider Robinson
I was very much provoked. Of course, I knew there are no fairies; but that needn't prevent my thinking there is. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
She was so emotional, on the verge of tears. This was what I'd wanted to prevent with all those quick disappearances, the tangledness of farewells… — Sarah Dessen
I can never be important to any one.' 'What is to prevent you?' 'Every thing — my situation — my foolishness and awkwardness. — Jane Austen
Relax," Chiron told me. "Keep a clear head. And remember, you may be about to prevent the biggest war in human history." "Relax," I said.… — Rick Riordan
I now realize that education is a last wild effort on the part of the authorities to prevent an overdose of leisure from driving the… — Quentin Crisp
Justice is not Healing. Healing cometh only by suffering and patience, and maketh no demand, not even for Justice. Justice worketh only within the bonds… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Our notions about happiness entrap us. We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We… — Nhat Hanh
To whom can I expose the urgency of my own passion?…There is nobody—here among these grey arches, and moaning pigeons, and cheerful games and tradition… — Virginia Woolf
Each one of us was harmed by being brought into existence. That harm is not negligible, because the quality of even the best lives is… — David Benatar
... one reads, above all, to prevent oneself thinking. — Aldous Huxley
The soybean itself is a notably inauspicious staple food; it contains a whole assortment of "antinutrients" - compounds that actually block the body's absorption of… — Michael Pollan
What will he [Satan] do first? Prevent spirits from coming to earth. How will he do this? He'll do all in his power to promote… — John Bytheway
I was not predicting the future, I was trying to prevent it. — Ray Bradbury
I prefer granting with a good grace what I know I shan't be able to prevent. — Andre Gide
There's a truth deeper than experience. It's beyond what we see, or even what we feel. It's an order of truth that separates the profound… — Gregory David Roberts
The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition. — Thomas A. Edison
The best way to prevent a heartache was to cushion the coming blow. — Jodi Picoult
He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything;… — J.R.R. Tolkien
You really do hate me, don't you? I mean, destroying someone's ice-cream cone? That's vicious." Her cheeks reddened. "I didn't see you there. Honestly." She… — Amanda Hocking
Thwart," I said. "To prevent someone from accomplishing something by means of visiting gratuitous violence upon his smarmy person." "I'm pretty sure that isn't the… — Jim Butcher
I'm just saying -- you can't prevent other people from disappointing you. It's bound to happen at some point. We're all only human. What you… — Sara Shepard
I believe that the place where an animal dies is a sacred one. There is a need to bring ritual into the conventional slaughter plants… — Temple Grandin
Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to… — Ramana Maharshi

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