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Avert Quotes

On stopping the worst before it arrives.

These quotes each describe some kind of averted catastrophe: central banks trying to avert deflation, a scientist spending half a life trying to avert a danger created by science itself, and diplomacy weighed against the need to achieve peace through strength.

This man, although he appeared so humble and embarrassed in his air and manners, and passed so unheeded, had inspired me with such a feeling of horror by the unearthly paleness of his countenance, from which I could not avert...

Quotes by Adelbert von Chamisso

However, in spite of the general perception that monetary policy should be conducted so as to avert deflation, a central bank cannot lower interest rates below the zero lower bound.

Quotes by Toshihiko Fukui

We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual...

Quotes by Michael McCaul

Is it hard for the reader to believe that suicides are sometimes committed to forestall the committing of murder? There is no doubt of it. Nor is there any doubt that murder is sometimes committed to avert suicide.

Quotes by Karl A. Menninger

Achieve Quotes

I did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humanity created by science.

Quotes by Joseph Rotblat

No civilization on the brink of collapse has ever changed fast enough to avert collapse.

Quotes by Joel Salatin

Questioning someone who is acting as a lookout for a burglary might not result in an arrest, because there is not enough evidence of a crime in progress to support one, but that intervention will likely avert the break-in.

Quotes by Heather Mac Donald

The New Deal is plainly an attempt to achieve a working socialism and avert a social collapse in America; it is extraordinarily parallel to the successive 'policies' and 'Plans' of the Russian experiment. Americans shirk the word 'socialism', but what...

Quotes by H. G. Wells

With some diseases, like type 2 diabetes, if people get alerted early, they can take steps to avert getting sick.

Quotes by Elizabeth Holmes

America Quotes

The whole kind of post-World War I settlement that formed the modern Middle East is in danger of collapsing, and we can - we, the United States, you know, the preeminent power in the world - we can say that...

Quotes by Dexter Filkins

No government, no head of state, made any attempt to avert or arrest the Boer War.

Quotes by Charles Albert Gobat

Mr. Chamberlain desires to avert the threat to England's peace by making England, in alliance with Germany, stronger than her rivals and so to force them to renounce their hostile intentions against her.

Quotes by Bernhard von Bulow

Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran. But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, 'Hi' to pet the...

Quotes by Al Franken

Frequently Asked Questions

What are avert quotes about?
These quotes are about stopping disaster before it happens, covering monetary policy, personal safety, and even a life's work spent trying to avert danger to humanity.
Why do people search for avert quotes?
People search this topic for language around prevention and crisis management, whether the context is economic, scientific, or geopolitical.
Is there a quote about avoiding deflation?
Yes, one quote notes that monetary policy is generally meant to avert deflation, though a central bank runs into a hard floor once rates approach zero and can't be cut much further.
Do any of these quotes discuss science and existential danger?
Yes, one describes devoting the second half of a life to steering the world away from a fatal threat that science itself had made possible, a striking use of the word.
Is there a quote about diplomacy and strength?
Yes, one argues for pursuing peace through diplomacy while not shrinking from the option of strength, tied to internal resistance and change within a broader push to achieve stability.

See also America and arrest quotes for more on crisis and response.