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Quotes About Prevention

The belief that we some day shall be able to prevent war is to me one with the belief in the possibility of making humanity really human.
~ Ellen Key
As one of my predecessors said, our objective is not to take people to heaven, but to prevent humanity from going to hell.
~ Kofi Annan
I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace.
~ Wangari Maathai
The Andromeda strain is a killer disease that they've got to prevent from spreading to being 100 percent contagious. It's another one where we're racing to save humanity.
~ Eric McCormack
British scientists have demonstrated that cigarettes can harm your children. Fair enough. Use an ashtray!
~ Jimmy Carr
If you can keep your son off the pipe and your daughter off the pole, you're ahead of the game.
~ Chris Rock
You know the animal that kills the most people in the world? The Hepatitis Bee.
~ Milton Jones
An apple a day, if well aimed, keeps the doctor away.
~ P. G. Wodehouse
The patient says, "Doctor, it hurts when I do this." "Then don't do that!"
~ Henny Youngman
I don't get the regular AIDS test anymore. I get the roundabout AIDS test. I ask my friend Brian, "Do you know anybody who has AIDS?". He says, "No". I say, "Cool, because you know me."
~ Mitch Hedberg
Humor prevents a hardening of the attitudes.
~ Joel Goodman
I got some tartar-control toothpaste a while back. I've still got tartar, but it's under control.
~ Mitch Hedberg
I used to jog but it's bad for the knees. Too much beta carotene turns you orange, too much calcium gives you kidney stones. Health kills.
~ Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
~ Laozi
One way of preventing disease is worth fifty ways of curing it.
~ Trevor Howard
We are each of us responsible for the evil we may have prevented.
~ James Martineau
Eat few suppers, and you'll need few medicines.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.
~ Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped
The best beauty secret is sunblock.
~ Christie Brinkley
Strokes are preventable and treatable. Prompt treatment of patients experiencing stroke saves lives and reduces disability.
~ Charles W. Pickering
A drop of sense can save you an ocean of tears.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The only way to prevent pride from taking root in our heart and our life is to embrace a life filled with faith, understanding, and forgiveness.
~ Heather Bixler, Breaking Pride
The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance.
~ Jamie Oliver
no forces can't be too great if the evil is to be forestall.
~ Jan Guillou