John Robert Colombo quotes

“A milligram of prevention is worth a kilogram of cure.”
-- John Robert Colombo

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“Canada could have enjoyed: English government, French culture, and American know-how. Instead it ended up with: English know-how, French government, and American culture.”
-- John Robert Colombo

Source : "Oh Canada" l. 1 (1965)

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“It was so dry in Saskatchewan during the Depression that the trees were chasing the dogs.”
-- John Robert Colombo

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“I do not believe in ghosts. I believe in ghost stories.”
-- John Robert Colombo

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“The conduct of war was so much more interesting than its prevention.”

Source : Barbara W. Tuchman (2011). “The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series”, p.335, Random House

“Seen that way, the wholesale transformation of production technologies that is mandated by pollution prevention creates a new surge of economic development.”

“Diseases can rarely be eliminated through early diagnosis or good treatment, but prevention can eliminate disease.”

“We've gone from a preponderance of acute and infectious disease as a source of premature death to chronic diseases, which are the preponderance of the burden of illness in most of the world. That puts a much higher premium on the prevention of chronic disease than ever in history.”

“There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism”

“Female friendship was one-tenth prevention and nine-tenths cleanup.”

“I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.”

“we cannot cure the evils of politics with politics ...”

“The cure for sorrow is to learn something.”

Source : Barbara Sher (2010). “I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It”, p.139, Dell

“It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn't know I had so many friends. Many people gave a damn about my situation. They helped cure me.”