Prevented Quotes

218 quotes by 197 authors

Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against the U.S. Prior to enactment of the law, major… — Roger Wicker
The preparations for my new voyage prevented the possiblity of my paying that attention to the correction of my errors, that I should otherwise have… — Zebulon Pike
The only thing that prevented a father's love from faltering was the fact that there was in his possession a photograph of himself at the… — P.G. Wodehouse
As free human beings we can use our unique intelligence to try to understand ourselves and our world. But if we are prevented from using… — Dalai Lama
Like with every form of cancer, early detection is what it is all about. I urge everyone to learn the facts about this condition. It… — Rod Stewart
We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented… — Ed Markey
Opera is when a tenor and soprano want to make love, but are prevented from doing so by a baritone. — George Bernard Shaw
Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks have prevented people… — Rob Lowe
Take heed often to come together to give thanks to God and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place,… — Ignatius of Antioch
One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected. — Norman Ralph Augustine
Studying the martial Way is like climbing a cliff: keep going forward without rest. Resting is not permissible because it causes recessions to old adages… — Mas Oyama
Cows provide approx 100 million tonnes of dry dung a year costing Rs 5000 crores which saves 50 million tonnes of firewood which again means… — Maneka Gandhi
Freedom is the very essence of our economy and society. Without freedom the human mind is prevented from unleashing its creative force. But what is… — Angela Merkel
While other men were peacefully following their vocations and extending their interests they [the Saints in Clay County] have been deprived of the right of… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
I think also, that general virtue is more probably to be expected and obtained from the education of youth, than from exhortations of adult persons;… — Benjamin Franklin
These sites have torn down the geographical divide that once prevented long distance social relationships from forming, allowing instant communication and connections to take place… — Mike Fitzpatrick
I want to say, and this is very important: at the end we lucked out. It was luck that prevented nuclear war. We came that… — Robert McNamara
Over the years, so many of the barriers that prevented people from getting married, crossing lines of faith or color or ethnicity have just disappeared.… — Hillary Clinton
In a word, we may reasonably hope for the virtual abolition of education when I'm as good as you has fully had its way. All… — C.S. Lewis
Somehow this literary genre, which most people condemned, acted as a sort of counterbalance to Charles's soul; it was the ballast that prevented him from… — FÃ©lix J. Palma

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