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Quotes About Prevention

It was and has been one of the major interventions in public health, and it's absolutely vital that people vaccinate their children.
~ Mark Walport
I'm very much in favor of vaccinations, and I've been very vocal about that because it's insane to forgo this.
~ Timothy Simons
I wear scarves all the time. Even in the summer, I wear scarves - even a thin one. My old vocal teacher told me that, and I stick to it. The only time I get sick is when I forget to wear my scarf. I don't know, it might be mental, but it works for me.
~ Ravyn Lenae
I have often said that domestic violence is characterised by silence: of the abused, of the abuser and of those who don't know how to intervene. But the media have the ability to break this corrosive silence: bringing us the voices of victims; shattering the taboo; and raising awareness of what we can all do to stop this heinous crime.
~ Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
Surely there are common-sense reforms that we should, and must, take in order to keep our children and our communities safe. I take these recommendations very seriously, and will listen to the voices of my constituents to ensure I do everything I can to help prevent gun violence.
~ Paul Tonko
After the attacks on September 11th, we all learned lessons.
~ Michael Hayden
I understand the seriousness of concussions.
~ Peyton Manning
At the end of the day, there's not a day that goes by without a mass shooting.
~ Gavin Newsom
I don't think anyone is pro-school shooting.
~ Keith Maitland
Don't give them 3-point shots if that's what they're trying to do and embarrass you in any way.
~ Danny Ainge
One thing I've found is that if you educate and show people the risk, they will do something about it.
~ Frank Abagnale
India has an enormous amount of AIDS awareness.
~ Sharon Stone
The things that are going to actually help you or me stay healthy are not necessarily the things that happen inside a doctor's office. They're the things that allow us to choose healthy lifestyles on a day-by-day basis.
~ Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
I think AIDS can be won. I think we can win this fight. It is winnable. But it means behavior change.
~ Franklin Graham
It is so much easier to find fault, to blame, to believe that what is needed is a change on the outside, an escape from the forces that are holding you back, preventing you from growing
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
When accidents happen, I think it's always human error. So that's what I want to eliminate. I've had lots of climbing accidents in my youth. You come up with lots of reasons, but ultimately it's human error.
~ Jon Krakauer
He did not believe that the one thousand deaths caused each year by people with unmedicated schizophrenia should indict the vast population of those suffering from the illness, but he did want to prevent those deaths, a greater number of suicides, a growing number of mentally ill homeless people, and a prison population swelled by people suffering from mental illness who received no care.
~ Jonathan Rosen
And the general shot my sister. I could not look at her, but I remember the sound of when she hit the ground. I hear that sound when things hit the ground still. Anything.' If I could, I would make it so nothing ever hit the ground again.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
You're going to catch a cold. I already have a cold. You are going to catch a colder.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
Regarding US government recommendations that tend to encourage dairy consumption in the name of preventing osteoporosis, Nestle notes that in parts of the world where milk is not a staple of the diet, people often have less osteoporosis and fewer bone fractures than Americans do. The highest rates of osteoporosis are seen in countries where people consume the most dairy foods.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
Man kann auch die Waldbrandgefahr mindern, indem man sämtliche Bäume fällt.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
~ Jonathan Swift
Then he reflected that reality does not usually coincide with our anticipation of it; with a logic of his own he inferred that to forsee a circumstantial detail is to prevent its happening. Trusting in this weak magic, he invented, so that they would not happen, the most gruesome details.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
La realidad no suele coincidir con las previsiones; con lógica perversa, prever un detalle circunstancial es impedir que este suceda
~ Jorge Luís Borges