Prevented Quotes

218 quotes by 193 authors

I have no idea what I am doing but incompetence has never prevented me from plunging in with enthusiasm. — Woody Allen
Above all, one hideous figure grew as familiar as if it had been before the general gaze from the foundations of the world - the… — Charles Dickens
Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don't think anyone could have made me do it, or prevented me from doing it. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a time… — Mario Puzo
But because their ancestors were men of righteousness, shall we consent to the abuses of their degenerate descendants? Because they did us a great good,… — Jose Rizal
Discretion prevented me from saying that I thought she was a fiend from the underworld and that mountain lions couldn't force me to enter her… — Megan Whalen Turner
The exquisite code of politeness of the Woosters prevented me clipping her one on the ear-hole, but I would have given a shilling to be… — P.G. Wodehouse
Impossibility never prevented anything from happening. — Errico Malatesta
We aren't allowed to have any opinions. People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but it doesn't stop you having your own opinion.… — Anne Frank
All religions are good 'in principle' - but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards. — Paul Feyerabend
If you had weak eyes, they needed exercise to get strong. Glasses were like crutches. They prevented people with feeble eyes from seeing the world… — Jeannette Walls
...This is the only way. I will not allow humans or fairies to die when I might have prevented it.â€ Butler would not give up.… — Eoin Colfer
If you're going to play what-if --which, by the way, is a huge waste of time and energy, not to mention an act of supreme,… — Jefferson Bass
Although I have been prevented by outward circumstances from observing a strictly vegetarian diet, I have long been an adherent to the cause in principle.… — Albert Einstein
He who seeks to regulate everything by law is more likely to arouse vices than to reform them. It is best to grant what cannot… — Baruch Spinoza
That is the most common excuse, and the most foolish of all. Love has never prevented a man from following his dreams. If she truly… — Paulo Coelho
Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty,… — Albert Einstein
Anger represents a certain power, when a great mind, prevented from executing its own generous desires, is moved by it. — Pietro Aretino
I have prevented my kids from watching MTV at home. It's not safe for kids. — Tom Freston
My schooling not only failed to teach me what it professed to be teaching, but prevented me from being educated to an extent which infuriates… — George Bernard Shaw

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