Work is an anchor; it prevents the undisciplined minds drifting to the past. It keeps them in the present time.
God, who neither causes nor prevents tragedies, helps by inspiring people to help.
A controlled carbohydrate lifestyle really prevents risk factors for heart disease.
The way liberals are interpreting the First Amendment today is that it prevents anyone who is religious from being in government.
The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.
Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
It isn't the absence of conscience or values that prevents us from being all we should be, it is simply the lack of moral courage.
Remember your six P's - Perfect Practice Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
Most people do not actually know how to think for themselves, and unfortunately that prevents them from even knowing it.
Anything that prevents you from taking an action or actions that might reasonably dispel legitimate anxieties. Fear is what paralyzes you.
Just saying no prevents teenage pregnancy the way 'Have a nice day' cures chronic depression.
There is a kink in my damned brain that prevents me from thinking as other people think.
That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
The downside of aging is a slower metabolism and achy joints.The upside is a knowledge of self that prevents one from behaving like a baboon.
The Doomsayers have always had their uses, since they trigger the coping mechanism that often prevents the events they forecast.
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
What mostly prevents black people from voting is that drug laws send them to prison, and then they can't vote.
Every morning I tell myself, 'Today has to be productive' - and then something happens that prevents me from writing.
The truth is that contraception saves lives, prevents unplanned pregnancies, improves outcomes for children and reduces the number of abortions.
Government is an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself.
Division stifles progress and prevents good ideas - no matter their source - from being heard and considered.
There's a lot to be said for an American-style liberal-arts education, which prevents young people from professionalizing right away.
There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
I am by far your superior, but my notorious modesty prevents me from saying so.
Fear is the polio of the soul which prevents our walking by faith.
The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems.
There is a sort of love whose very excessiveness prevents the lover's being jealous.
The state of my poor boy's health prevents me from leaving home for a night.
The time has come to seriously ask whether antioxidant use much more likely causes than prevents cancer.
It's not that I don't like starring as the hero, it's more of a mental block that prevents me from doing so.
She asked me what type of contraceptive I use. Underwear. Keeping it on prevents pregnancy.
For far too many people, the stigma around addiction prevents them from stepping forward for help.
Acquire knowledge before you become leaders and pride prevents you from learning and you live in ignorance.
Everything we do in public policy prevents us from doing something else. To govern is to choose.
The question is not what I should do in the future to get it, but rather, what am I presently doing that prevents me from realizing it right now?
There is a wheel on the affairs of men revolve and its mechanism is such that it prevents any man from being always fortunate.
The most important question venture capitalists ask is what prevents your company from growing faster.
A fat stomach sticks out too far. It prevents you from looking down and seeing what is going on around you.
Rapid-collage prevents any elevating movement toward a fixed goal. To 'be nowhere' is to let oneself be.
In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of the people and the government, which prevents its degeneration into tyranny.
I do different work, teaching and running around visiting universities and bookstores, and that prevents me from writing. But it's nice to be wanted as a writer.
The spirit of commerce... renders every man willing to live on his own property...& prevents the growth of luxury.
What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want.
The fishermen say that the "thundering of the pond" scares the fishes and prevents their biting.
Painful emotions show you what prevents you from creating harmony, cooperation, sharing and reverence for life.
The civilization of a state should be measured by the amount of suffering it prevents and the degree of happiness it makes possible for its citizens.
True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.
Separation prevents the government from determining church policy, whether directly or indirectly.
Perspective is a kind of mental sunblock that, provided we apply it properly, prevents us from getting burned by past mistakes.
Leave three Englishmen in a room and they will invent a rule that prevents a fourth joining them.
It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.
Much of the insensibility and hardness of the world is due to the lack of imagination which prevents a realization of the experiences of other people.
I take a magnesium supplement before my workout because it prevents cramping.
Somewhere in the rain, there will always be an abandoned dog that prevents you from being happy.
When I stopped doing ballet, I started training in the pool. I would do my barre exercises in the water, because that prevents injuries.
A design remedy that prevents bugs is always preferable to a test method that discovers them.
The chief difficulty which prevents men of science from believing in divine as well as in nature Spirits is their materialism.
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