Quotes with prevent

Quotes 61 till 70 of 70.

  • Ban Ki-moon Weapons of mass destruction violate more than individual lives - they cross international borders and jeopardize all people. They also drain resources that could be used instead for medicines, schools and other life-saving supplies. We must come together with even greater determination to prevent a WMD nightmare.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Mark Twain What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth. No smallest atom of our moral, mental, or physical structure can stand still a year. It grows - it must grow; nothing can prevent it.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Bryan Singer What we call 'evil' doesn't necessarily deserve any kind of respect or understanding, by any means; it just deserves an acknowledgement of its complexity so we can better understand it - so we can help prevent it.
    Bryan Singer
    American director, producer and writer (1965 - )
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  • Bob Barr When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by government officials and help prevent recurrence; the 'Waco hearings,' conducted over a two-week period in 1995, stand as an example of such an undertaking.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw When you prevent me from doing anything I want to do, that is persecution; when I prevent you from doing anything you want to do, that is law, order, and morals.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bruce Schneier You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.
    Bruce Schneier
    American cryptographer, computer security professional and writer (1963 - )
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  • Greg Anderson You can't expect to prevent negative feelings altogether. And you can't expect to experience positive feelings all the time. The Law of Emotional Choice directs us to acknowledge our feelings but also to refuse to get stuck in the negative ones.
    Greg Anderson
    American author (1947 - )
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  • Albert Einstein You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Ben Carson You're going to be much less likely to point the finger at somebody and create a huge brouhaha when it wasn't necessary if you had stopped and asked yourself, 'Could I have done things to prevent this situation?'
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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