#prevent

Nothing prevents us from being and remaining the exponents of a united humanity, when we have a country of our own. To fulfill this mission we do not have to remain literally planted among the nations who hate and despise us. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

#being #country #despise #exponents #fulfill

A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#behaving #beings #belief #death #doomed

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#life #most #oneself #prevent #prolonged

It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#added #contemplated #contemplation #course #enjoyment

We're told another large-scale terrorist attack is inevitable by those people who have committed so many resources to preventing it. They likely know what they're talking about. ↗

— Greg Bear

#another #attack #committed #inevitable #know

I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#future #i #prevent #try

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#being #doing #i #injustice #justice

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#end #first #getting #in the end #kills

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#danger #fear #fears #gives #prevent

Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#cure #disease #great #great progress #medical