Prevented Quotes

218 quotes by 197 authors

She found out that having something to do prevented you from feeling seasick, and that even a job like scrubbing a deck could be satisfying,… — Philip Pullman
The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected. — George Henry Lewes
After I suffered a labral tear in my hip while playing soccer, I realized that many sports-related injuries can be prevented and I dedicated myself… — Cobi Jones
Remember that God ordained that I should be the next president of the United States. Neither you nor any other mortal or mortals could have… — Woodrow Wilson
Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the… — Barry Commoner
Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment — Cesare Beccaria
Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. — Thomas B. Macaulay
The events which can not be prevented, must be directed. — Klemens von Metternich
Those who become entangled in these false ideas are prevented from perceiving the Integral Oneness. — Rene Magritte
American POWs from the last Iraq war, who were held prisoner and tortured by Iraq, are now being prevented by our government from suing the… — Dana Rohrabacher
Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. I am here ready to… — Robert Emmet
Women are prevented by the threat and reality of male violence from entering public space on equal terms with male citizens. — Sheila Jeffreys
Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many virtues. — Charles Caleb Colton
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few. The manna of popular liberty must be gathered… — Wendell Phillips
As a general principle, I should put it that a man's country is where the things he loves are most respected. Circumstances may have prevented… — Albert J. Nock
I hate violence. That has never prevented me from using it in my films. — Samuel Fuller
All the men and women whom I have faced at that final moment, convince me that in what I have done, I have not prevented… — Albert Pierrepoint
The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own. — Theodor Adorno
I was much affected by the internal troubles of the Punch family; I thought that with a little more tact on the part of Mrs.… — Edmund Gosse
Discovery can give no right of ownership, for whatever is discovered must have been already here to be discovered. If a man makes a wheelbarrow,… — Henry George

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