“Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.”

“It is the essence of dignity to pretend to desire what you cannot prevent.”

“In fact, Mr Chairman, what is clear is that the Spanish Government are behaving like the last colonists in Europe! And as a Committee charged with the eradication of colonialism, what you and the C24 must do is prevent Spain’s neo-colonialism. You must stop if from taking root. You must not promote it.”

“Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want.”

“Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now; and if the past cannot prevent you from being present now, what power does it have?”

“You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.”

“The only preventative measure one can take is to live irregularly.”

“I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventive of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it.”

“You can grieve when someone dies. But when someone is near death, and there is the chance that you might prevent it if you make the right decision, anxiety takes over.”

“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”