That's what I look at some people for. I like to know…

Some persons do first, think afterward, and then repent forever.

— Thomas Secker

I always write a thing first and think about it afterward, which is not a bad procedure because the easiest way to have consequential…

— E. B. White

“It is an unvarying rule for those in power that, when it comes to heads, it is best to cut them off before they…

— José Saramago

I look at people like musical instruments. I set people to music.

— Elizabeth Swados

There's a part of all of us whose impulse is to say, "Let's keep everything the same until I die and then you can…

— Bill McKibben

Here's a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You can't anticipate how you'll feel afterward. People will tell…

— Mary Schmich

History does not usually make real sense until long afterward.

— Bruce Catton

It's okay to screw up. It's what we do afterward that defines us.

— Susan Mallery

Once a decision was made, I didn't worry about it afterward...

— Harry S. Truman

As a matter of fact I had a terribly traumatic childhood. But afterward I sort of reraised myself.

— Michael Gruber

Apologies don't mean anything if you're going to act the same way afterward.

— Anonymous

“And in everything that came afterward, I could never stop thinking that maybe she loved mysteries so much that she became one”

— John Green

“Stories are invented as you go along...”

— Orson Scott Card

When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.

— Edward Steichen

Don't think about what you’ll tell people afterward. The time is here and now. Make the most of it.

— Paulo Coelho