Consequence Quotes · Page 14

Ideas have consequences and bad ideas can have lethal consequences.

— George Weigel

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

— Gustave Flaubert

In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

— Brandon Mull

“There are consequence every action, whether evil or good.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The consequences of militancy do not disappear when the need for militancy is over.

— Germaine Greer

I believe the consequences of a war are so harsh that it should be always the last resort.

— Asne Seierstad

“A personal revolution is the consequence of confronting self - as is.”

— T.F. Hodge

But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.

— Anna Letitia Barbauld

Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal…

— Barry Eisler

We live with the decisions we makeThat’s what bravery is. Standing by the consequences of your mistakes.

— M. L. Stedman

Technology always has unforeseen consequences, and it is not always clear, at the beginning, who or what will win, and who or…

— Neil Postman

What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe that…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

The transition from rebellion to acceptance has an extremely important consequence. . . in which we start seeing life as a training…

— Piero Ferrucci

Before I make an action, think about the consequences. ... Any decision I make is a heavy decision.

— Gucci Mane

So, according to the religious, you can only be good if you're scared of the consequences of being bad? Strange, I thought…

— David Alan Harvey

Increased jobs are the consequence of increased trade. Increasing jobs more than output implies a fall in productivity and standards of living.…

— Alan Greenspan

There is no action of man in this life that is not the beginning of so long a chain of consequences as…

— Thomas Hobbes

A couple degrees warmer would be good for humanity and planet, especially with more plant-fertilizing carbon dioxide in the air. [...] But…

— Paul Driessen

I was already beginning to realize that the only way to conduct oneself in a situation where bombs rained down and bullets…

— Anonymous

If terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have…

— Tommy Franks

Unintended consequences get to the heart of why you never really understand an adaptive problem until you have solved it. Problems morph…

— Richard Pascale

Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough…

— George Tenet

...All the wonders of our universe can in effect be captured by simple rules, yet ... there can be no way to…

— Stephen Wolfram

Every intervention of man in the environment around him incurs some risk as to both favorable and unfavorable consequences. Every intervention is…

— Gilbert F. White

If the six-nation forums dealing with Iran and North Korea suffer comparable failures, the consequence will be a world of unchecked proliferation,…

— Henry A. Kissinger

[Pascal] was the first and perhaps is still the most effective voice to be raised in warning of the consequences of the…

— Malcolm Muggeridge

Whatever one of us asked the other to do - it was assumed the asker would weigh all the consequences - the…

— Sheldon Vanauken

The founders of that ancient empire were robbers and women stealers, and made laws favoring monogamy in consequence of the scarcity of…

— Brigham Young

That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of…

— Barack Obama

I can have little patience with those who oppose ... the theory of evolution or what are called "mechanistic" explanations of the…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

“This doctrine of forgiveness of sin is a premium on crime. 'Forgive us our sins' means "Let us continue in our iniquity."…

— Anonymous

Intelligence is an extremely subtle concept. It's a kind of understanding that flourishes if it's combined with a good memory, but exists…

— Isaac Asimov

It's plain that a fence is of no consequence, If the ambulance works in the valley.

— Joseph Malins

And I take full responsibility for my actions and whatever consequences my peers see fit.

— Kenneth Williams

Everybody is exposed to radiation. A little bit more or a little bit less is of no consequence.

— Dixie Lee Ray

“The choices she's made have left her without choice.”

— Steven Galloway

You will learn and grow according to the nature and consequences of your actions.

— Robert Anthony

You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

— Ayn Rand

In history, good intentions do not always make good consequences

— Alija Izetbegovic

I'm not brave enough to be a coward; I see the consequences too clearly.

— Ayn Rand