Quotes About Prevention

There isn't a fight that I'm in that I'm not asking the question, 'What could we have done to avoid this?' Or, 'What can we do to avoid this in the future in terms of the kinds of things that we see?'

I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.

My wife and I run a foundation where we deal with domestic violence.

Do you know that driving accidents are the number one cause of death for young people?

Too many women are dying needlessly from ovarian cancer.

It is much easier to drive without having an accident.

Healthy people eating healthy food should never need to take an antibiotic.

I got a lot of empathy from my mother growing up, and I think it prevented me from ever really just writing people off.

Step one to preventing PPD is to find time to sleep after giving birth, no matter how euphoric you feel.

First, there is an old saying that "the future always foreshadows itself" via signs or signals of what is to come. Second, it is an accepted full part of wisdom to notice and take account of such signs. Third, human intelligence is considered one of the superlative attributes of our species, intelligence sufficient enough to recognize (theoretically anyway) disasters in the making. Fourth, however, there are no educational courses that might be called Recognition of Signs 101.

No time for your health today, will result in no health for your time tomorrow.

You wait for the war to happen like vultures. If you want to help, prevent the war. Don't save the remnants. Save them all.

The best armor is to keep out of range.

He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow.

We can prevent reading: but in the decree that forbids reading there will be still read something of the truth that we would wish never to be read.

was better to be safe than sorry.

The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.

It is perfectly obvious that the whole world is going to hell. The only possible chance that it might not is that we do not attempt to prevent it from doing so.

Fires are dangerous so firemen must work as a team to put fires out.

Immunizations have arguably saved more lives than any scientific advance in human history.

My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.

We've said the whole way through – this (Covid-19) is like a public health bushfire. And just like a bushfire, there's steps we can all take to keep ourselves and our homes safe.

A key rule of BrainTrusts is that the team is not allowed to suggest solutions, only to highlight problems. This rule maintains the project leaders' ownership of the task, and helps prevent them from assuming a passive, order-taking role.

people" die early from accidents and preventable illnesses.[3] You need some anxiety to be happy. Appropriate anxiety helps us make better decisions.