Prevents Quotes

Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.

But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world.

Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the center of all the revolutions.

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.

The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way.

I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out.

A fat stomach sticks out too far. It prevents you from looking down and seeing what is going on around you.

We all know that any thing which retards in any way the free circulation of the sap, also prevents to a certain extent the formation of wood and leaves.

Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.

I need to listen to chill music when I'm driving. It prevents road rage.

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

There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea.