Abstinence Quote by Dick Cavett

Recommending or insisting on abstinence has been completely ineffective.

— Bill Nye

There is a mistaken idea, ancient but still with us, that an overdose of anything from fornication to hot chocolate will teach restraint by…

— M. F. K. Fisher

I'm against abstinence programs because I really consider "abstinence only" child abuse.

— Joycelyn Elders

It is not abstinence from pleasures that is best, but mastery over them without being worsted.

— Aristippus

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

— Saint Augustine

There is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence, and to deny support for condoms and education on using them.…

— Hillary Clinton

The evidence does not support abstinence-only interventions as the best way to keep young people from unintended pregnancy.

— Jonathan Klein

A virtuous abstinence from the joys of pederasty comes most easily to those who have no taste for it.

— Oscar Wilde

Well, I think that abstinence has its place as part of a comprehensive health and sex education curriculum. It would be wrong to exclude…

— Kerry Healey

It is useless to subdue the flesh by abstinence, unless one gives up his irregular life, and abandons vices which defile his soul.

— Benedict of Nursia

Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.

— Guy de Maupassant

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

— Saint Augustine