Prevented Quotes

218 quotes by 197 authors

I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the wrong… — Wallis Simpson
I got injured when I was a kid, and it prevented me from becoming a footballer. — Matt Smith
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose… — Sydney Smith
Most breast cancer-related deaths can be prevented through simple and painless preventive measures. A late diagnosis can result in more serious, long-term consequences. — Olympia Snowe
The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides… — Lech Walesa
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Kisses open doors, I've noticed. That one gesture can unlock secrets, ease open feelings. It can't be prevented--these kisses just are. It's how they work.… — Susan Fletcher
It wasn't torpor that kept her - she was often restless to the point of irritability. She simply liked to feel that she was prevented… — Ian Mcewan
Meet your obligations. But obligations never prevented anyone from following their dreams. Remember that you are a manifestation of the absolute, and do only those… — Paulo Coelho
He had seen me several times, and had intended to call on me long before, but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
After Iâ€™d told her â€“ the mall, the taxi, Cross stroking my hair â€“ she said, â€˜Did he kiss you?â€™ â€˜John and Martin totally would… — Curtis Sittenfeld
And wasn't my mind also like another crib in the depths of which I felt I remained ensconced, even in order to watch what was… — Marcel Proust
It is a very strange sensation to inexperience youth to feel itself quite alone the world, cut adrift from every connection, uncertain whether the port… — Charlotte Bronte
There was a sky somewhere above the tops of the buildings, with stars and a moon and all the things there are in a sky,… — Hubert Selby, Jr.
But Gregor understood easily that it was not only consideration for him which prevented their moving, for he could easily have been transported in a… — Franz Kafka
The others followed, and found themselves in a small, stuffy basement, which would have been damp, smelly, close, and dark, were it not, in fact,… — Steven Brust
I had a dream that all the babies prevented by the pill showed up. They were mad. — Steven Wright
War happens to people, one by one. That is really all I have to say and it seems to me I have been saying it… — Martha Gellhorn
Mr Jarndyce, and prevented his going any farther, when he had remarked that there were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did… — Charles Dickens

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